Hospitals see increase in health impacts from childhood trauma -- Lilo H. Stainton | NJ Spotlight
COVID-19 pandemic coincided with more adult diagnoses related to such trauma, report shows. The COVID-19 pandemic is frequently blamed for school learning loss and growing rates of anxiety and depression. Now a new study involving state hospital data shows the pandemic also coincided with an increase in childhood trauma. Admissions data analyzed by the New Jersey Hospital Association showed the percentage of hospital patients who experienced trauma as children — things like extreme poverty,...