Having A Strong Social Network May Be Associated With Lower Risk For PTSD Among Disaster Survivors, Study Suggests.

Healio (11/22, Oldt) reports, “Having a strong social network was associated with lower risk for” post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) “among survivors of a major bushfire disaster,” Australian researchers found. The findings of the 558-participant study were published online Nov. 14 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Strong social ties protective against post-disaster PTSD, depression,Healio, November 22, 2016.

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