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...

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