Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Five years after water crisis, 1 in 4 Flint residents has PTSD

 

 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/965045

 

 News Release 20-Sep-2022
Very high rates of depression and PTSD linked to water contamination
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Duke University

 

Data from the largest mental health survey of the Flint, Michigan community indicate that one in five adults, or roughly 13,600 people, were estimated to have clinical depression, and one in four, or 15,000 people, were estimated to have PTSD five years after the water crisis began.

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