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A group of college friends survived a mass shooting, then a raging wildfire in a single week. They're among scores of young people now coming of age as survivors of large-scale, cascading traumas. And mental-health experts are only beginning to comprehend the toll.
Despite concerns that stay-at-home orders and other government efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic would cause lasting harm to people's mental health, research published by the American Psychological Association found that state restrictions in the first six months of the pandemic were not related to worse mental health.
Robert Pycior was 8 years old when he lost his father in the terrorist attacks. It took him years to acknowledge his feelings, be vulnerable, and cope with his grief.
With depression and anxiety at all-time highs, there aren't nearly enough mental health professionals to handle the coming ...
Stress, burnout, and uncertainty are all common experiences in the pandemic. But is it trauma? Experts are debating the term, but it's clear a mental health crisis is looming.