COLUMBUS, Ohio – Traditional recovery plans for traumatic injuries focus on healing visible injuries, often leaving emotional and mental scars untreated. Researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine want to change that.

The OSU College of Medicine recently received a five-year, $16.6 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study a new treatment approach that focuses on psychological and emotional health as well as physical recovery.

Ohio State is part of the Healing and Empowerment Actions for Recovery from Trauma trial, a multi-center trial that will compare an approach that addresses the physical and behavioral needs of trauma survivors to current care plans focused only on physical recovery.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Inst

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