The international study will investigate how the additional burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to post-traumatic stress disorder in health-care staff.

McMaster expert researching pandemic PTSD in health-care professionals

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The impact of COVID-19 on health-care professionals is the subject of a major international study on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) being led by Margaret McKinnon.

McKinnon is a McMaster professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences and the Homewood research chair in mental health and trauma….

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmaster-expert-researching-pandemic-ptsd-in-health-care-professionals/

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