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Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic: Buffering against trauma, stress, and psychosis

Psychiatry Research Communications

  • Two years after the COVID-pandemic, there is a significant decline in mental health, including depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as a doubling of the risk of psychosis outcome. However, there is evidence for divergent outcomes including evidence for resilience.
  • •Previous trauma exposure and social connectedness are strongly associated with higher levels of resilience, underlying stress-sensitivity mechanisms in the Croatian population.
  • •Social connectedness and resilience may serve as a buffer against future stress and the onset of mental health disorders, particularly psychosis.

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