Depression, suicidal thoughts plague ailing miners, study finds (IMAGE)
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"This study highlights the unrecognized crisis of mental illness in miners that warrants urgent attention, resources and expanded care," said researcher Drew Harris, MD, a pulmonary medicine expert at UVA Health. Harris serves as the medical director of the Black Lung Clinic at Southwest Virginia's Stone Mountain Health Services, the only federally funded black lung clinic in Virginia.
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