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  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Critical illness survivors frequently experience substantial psychiatric morbidity, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety.
  • Pre-existing psychiatric conditions are potent predictors of psychiatric issues following critical illness.
  • Early emotional distress and traumatic memories from intensive care unit (ICU) stays contribute to long-term psychiatric morbidity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize the psychiatric morbidity following critical illness.
  • To identify risk factors for postcritical illness psychiatric morbidity.
  • To explore potential interventions like ICU diaries.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on psychiatric outcomes after critical illness.
  • Analysis of risk factors including prior psychiatric history and ICU experiences.
  • Evaluation of the potential efficacy of ICU diaries.

Main Results:

  • Substantial psychiatric morbidity is common in critical illness survivors.
  • Prior psychiatric illness, early distress, and frightening ICU memories are significant risk factors.
  • ICU diaries show potential for decreasing psychiatric morbidity.

Conclusions:

  • Critical illness survivors are at high risk for psychiatric morbidity.
  • Identifying and mitigating risk factors is crucial for patient recovery.
  • Interventions such as ICU diaries warrant further investigation and study.