Summary: A new study in JAMA suggests that there’s a link between emergency room over-crowding and post-traumatic stress disorder in heart patients.Recent studies conducted by Dr. Donald Edmondson show that heart attacks can affect your pyschological health. Heart attacks are life altering events and can even lead to Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Overcrowding in Emergency Rooms can add undue stress to an already scary and confusing situation which can affect the patients psyche. Is this overcrwding the result of PTSD? Find out the shocking results.
