Study Discovers Link Between Pandemic Fears, PTSD
Researchers from Flinders University conducted an online study that explored different individuals’ responses to the coronavirus pandemic. The study involved 1,040 participants from five Western nations. The researchers discovered that 13.2% of the sample from these countries had symptoms associated with PTSD that qualified for a clinical diagnosis. This in spite of the fact that only 5% of the total number of participants reported that close friends and family had tested positive for the coronavirus and only 2% disclosed that they had tested positive themselves. The survey, which was conducted online, analyzed a range of responses to common symptoms of…
