Some healthcare workers showed persistent pandemic mental health symptoms; support was linked to lower risk
A large English healthcare cohort found two broad mental health paths during COVID-19: mostly low symptoms, or persistently high symptoms. Many staff stayed well. A large minority did not. This paper tracked healthcare worker mental health across the pandemic. Quick summary What the study found: In The longitudinal trajectories of mental health outcomes in healthcare […]
Fraud victimization linked with anxiety, shame, and damaged trust beyond money lost
Fraud and scams can leave psychological harm that outlasts the financial damage. Fraud is not only financial. The emotional fallout can last. Shame and broken trust often matter. Quick summary What the study found: The review, Mental health and psychosocial sequelae of fraud victimization: a systematic review, synthesized 21 empirical studies and found fraud victimization […]
Young adults in crises showed two mental health paths over time
A four-wave study suggests crisis stress can look stable on average while splitting into sharply different personal trajectories. This study followed young adults. Average scores stayed stable. Individual paths diverged sharply. Quick summary What the study found: The paper Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Positive Mental Health During Times of COVID-19 and War in Ukraine: A […]