Posttraumatic stress disorder in time of COVID-19: Trauma or not trauma, is that the question?

Authors :: Marielle Wathelet
Eric Bui
Guillaume Vaiva
Fabien D'Hondt
Thomas Fovet
Lille Neurosciences & Cognition - U 1172 (LilNCog)
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille)
Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN)
Normandie Université (NU)
Source :: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2021, 144 (3), pp.310-311. ⟨10.1111/acps.13336⟩
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Many studies have reported negative outcomes of the COVID‐19 pandemic on people's mental health. Notably, high prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have been described in healthcare workers (26.9% [20.3%‐33.,6%]), individuals with COVID‐19 (23.8% [16.6%‐31.0%]) and in the general population (19.3% [15.3%‐23.2%]) (1).

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