Healio (9/22, Herpen) reports a study found that “depression and PTSD were highly prevalent 5 years after the onset of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, suggesting that public-works disasters have large-scale, long-term psychological impacts.” The results, published in JAMA Network Open, “showed that 435 (22.1%) respondents met DSM-5 criteria for presumptive past-year depression, 480 (24.4%) for presumptive past-year PTSD, and 276 (14%) for both disorders.”
Related Links:
— “Five years after Flint water crisis – depression, PTSD highly prevalent “Robert Herpen, Healio, September 22, 2022