About 1 in 14 Puerto Rican schoolchildren experienced PTSD after Hurricane Maria
Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 02:43
in Health & Medicine
Food shortages, damaged homes, fear of death, loved ones leaving. The cumulative stresses of Hurricane Maria contributed to thousands of schoolchildren developing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in Puerto Rico, according to a new study. Researchers found that 7.2% of the students — about...