A commentary in the Journal of the American Dental Association explains why dental professionals are more prone to experiencing mental health symptoms.
5 Ways to Protect Yourself From Pandemic PTSD
Experts offer steps to prevent lingering psychological effects from the past year
by Meryl Davids Landau, AARP, May 27, 2021 |
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Not seeing family or friends. Losing your job or watching it transform beyond recognition. Getting a life-threatening disease or fearing you will. Having someone you know pass away.
Psychiatrists consider any of these events which were especially common during the pandemic to be potentially traumatic. For some, such high levels of prolonged stress may leave deep and lasting psychological scars, with the most extreme of these effects being post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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MARICA, BRAZIL - APRIL 16: Jéssica Ivana Gonçalves da Silva, who lives and works as a street cleaner in Maricá, plays with her dog on April 16, 2021 in Maricá, Brazil.
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As with a lot of popular pets, many dog lovers associate ownership with reduced stress levels. However, sometimes it is also worth asking about the other way around. What does having a human owner mean for the dog s own stress?
Well, it turns out that this link clearly exists but can differ across breeds. A study from Linköping University has discovered that the long-term stress level of the dogs was correlated to their owners personality in a number of ways.