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PTSD link to pandemic fears – Medical Xpress

Even at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, people around the world became more fearful of what could happen to them or their family.

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Even at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, people around the world became more fearful of what could happen to them or their family.
A new Flinders University study of 1,040 online participants from five western countries published in PLOS ONE explores people’s response to the stresses of the escalating pandemic, finding more than 13% of the sample had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related symptoms consistent with levels necessary to qualify for a clinical diagnosis.
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