Psychology & Psychiatry

Understanding post traumatic stress disorder—when to get help

Post-traumatic stress disorder can develop when a person experiences a shocking, scary or dangerous event. These events can include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, combat and various ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

For many, long COVID looks a lot like chronic fatigue

A team of researchers, including two from Johns Hopkins Medicine, have published a review article highlighting similarities between certain lingering symptoms following COVID-19 illness—a condition called "long COVID"—and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Survivors of trauma struggle to move on from the loss of loved ones

Among individuals who survive a trauma that resulted in the loss of a close friend or loved one, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief—a sense of persistent sadness and an inability to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Mental health conditions up in public health workers during pandemic

(HealthDay)—More than half of public health workers reported adverse mental health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the June 25 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The COVID-19 pandemic: Even mild disease impacts mental health

A significant level of symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress may follow COVID-19 independent of any previous psychiatric diagnoses, according to new research by Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...

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