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Psychological problems may occur in conjunction with, or as a consequence of physical injuries. Injuries caused by violence or some other traumatic event may result in the injured worker experiencing post-traumatic stress type difficulties. Workers who experience severe injury or injuries that do not resolve with time or treatment often go on to develop significant psychological problems. Difficulties with pain management and adjustment to the implications of long-term injury are caused or exacerbated by changes in life circumstances resulting from injury. Some of the changes in circumstances frequently experienced by the injured worker with a chronic injury include:
Sometimes the psychological difficulties are of a nature and level of severity that they can easily be categorised into one of the DSM-IV classifications. Frequently, however, individuals who are having difficulty managing the change of circumstances in their life may not readily fit into one of the DSM-IV labels either because of the rigid system of categorisation or the severity of their problem coping.
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