Why the COVID-19 pandemic is a traumatic stressor

The COVID-19 pandemic does not fit into prevailing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) models, or diagnostic criteria, yet emerging research shows traumatic stress symptoms as a result of this ongoing global stressor. Current pathogenic event models focus on past, and largely direct, trauma exposu...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 1; p. e0240146
Main Authors:	Bridgland, Victoria M. E., Moeck, Ella K., Green, Deanne M., Swain, Taylor L., Nayda, Diane M., Matson, Lucy A., Hutchison, Nadine P., Takarangi, Melanie K. T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 11.01.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anxiety Anxiety - diagnosis Anxiety - etiology Australia Biology and Life Sciences Cancer Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - complications COVID-19 - epidemiology Depression - diagnosis Depression - etiology Diagnosis Education Emotions Epidemics Exposure Female Humans Hurricanes Injuries Male Medicine and Health Sciences Mental depression Mental health Middle Aged Neural networks Nurses Pandemics Post traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder Psychological aspects Psychology Risk factors Social Sciences Social work Stress Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology Stress, Psychological - diagnosis Stress, Psychological - etiology Trauma Viral diseases Viruses Young Adult Australia South Australia Australia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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