Repeated media-based exposures to hurricanes were linked to increasing mental health symptoms among Florida residents who experienced hurricanes Irma and Michael, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
“Hurricane exposure correlates with psychological distress, and storm severity correlates with posttraumatic stress disorder,” Dana Rose Garfin, PhD, of the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues wrote.
Garfin and fellow researchers aimed to gather information on the risk of hurricane exposure and its associations