Healio (3/2, Gramigna) reports, “A significant proportion of youths may experience post-traumatic stress [PTS] symptoms after a natural disaster,” investigators concluded in a study that sought to assess “PTS symptom trajectories among 1,707 youth, for whom the mean age was 9.61 years and of whom 46% self-identified as white non-Hispanic, after four major U.S. hurricanes, as well as to assess factors linked to those trajectories.” The findings were published online Feb. 15 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Many youths experience post-traumatic stress after natural disasters, study finds “Joe Gramigna, Healio, March 2, 2021