COVID Stress Syndrome: What It Is and Why It Matters

Emerging research defines a unique pandemic-related constellation connecting risks with health and illness, coping, stressors, and key COVID19-related factors.

Pandemics are unlike other disasters due to their broad scope and prolonged, fluctuating timeline. COVID19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus) is shaping up to be unlike prior coronavirus infections, impacting multiple organ systems, not just the lungs, causing widespread…