The study points to the need for a more comprehensive, "case management "
approach to facial injury care that links patients with mental health and
social services while providing surgical treatment and follow-up, Dr.

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The vast majority of facial injuries resulted from physical violence
(82 percent), with the rest resulting from a fall or accident (14 percent) or
a motor vehicle accident (4 percent).

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Facial trauma patients, most of whom had been involved in interpersonal
violence , showed significantly higher rates of depression, anxiety, hostility
and phobic and obsessive-compulsive tendencies than a control group of
patients undergoing elective wisdom tooth surgery, according to the study of
adults treated for mandible (lower jaw) fractures between 1996 and 2001 at
King/Crew Medical Center, a hospital serving the socioeconomically
disadvantaged, predominantly minority populations of South-Central Los
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The current study administered brief psychological and mental
health/social service needs assessments to 336 facial trauma patients and
119 non-trauma patients 10 days, 6 months and 12 months after treatment. The two groups
did not differ significantly in rates of high school graduation , employment,
marital status or ethnicity.

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Although the intensity of some psychological symptoms, such as depression ,
declined over time within the trauma group, patients continued to report
higher levels of mental health and social service needs than the control group
at all assessment intervals, notes principal author Jennifer Lento, Ph. Lento notes. They also urge
oral and maxillofacial surgeons to probe for signs of psychosocial distress
and be prepared to refer patients to appropriate resources.

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"These data indicate substantial, and largely unmet, mental health and
social service needs among vulnerable individuals presenting with facial
injury to inner-city trauma centers," says Dr. Lento, who is currently an
assistant professor of psychology at the University of San Diego.

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Despite the group's relatively high service needs,
however , their service use was less than half that of the control. The trauma and non-trauma groups
consisted predominantly of African-American and Latino males.

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Previous research has shown that the psychological symptoms following a
facial injury due to violence may be intrusive enough to meet the diagnostic
criteria for post -traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and can impair social and
occupational functioning for extended periods, Dr.

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assault can intensify existing mental health and social problems, a study of
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The trauma group also reported a significantly higher incidence of current
or previous mental health and social problems, such as alcohol and drug use,
problems with the law, unemployment, school suspensions, suicide attempts and
homelessness.

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One study
found PTSD symptoms in patients up to seven weeks following facial injury.

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The authors recommend training for trauma care providers in administering
brief psychological assessments to facial trauma patients.