Media Exposure and the Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following a Mass traumatic Event: An In-silico Experiment

Media Exposure and the Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following a Mass traumatic Event: An In-silico Experiment

Introduction: Following mass traumatic events, greater exposure to traditional media like television (TV) about the event is associated with higher burden of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, we know little about how social media exposure, combined with other media sources, shapes the...

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Main Authors: Salma M. Abdalla, Gregory H. Cohen, Shailesh Tamrakar, Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya, Sandro Galea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
PTSD—post-traumatic stress disorder
mental health
social media
mass shooting
mass traumatic events
media exposure
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.674263/full

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