PTSD in healthcare workers during pandemic could be exacerbated by past trauma ► FINCHANNEL
The FINANCIAL — While some of the high rates of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) seen in healthcare workers during the pandemic are specifically COVID-19-related, a more significant number of cases were linked to trauma that occurred earlier in their lives, researchers at the University of Oxford have found. Led by Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology Jennifer Wild, the study – published in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology – assessed 103 frontline healthcare staff working directly with COVID-19 patients with clinical interviews, considered the gold-standard approach to di...