TY - JOUR
T1 - From Individual To Social Trauma
T2 - Sources Of Everyday Trauma In Italy, The US And UK During The Covid-19 Pandemic
AU - Masiero, M.
AU - Mazzocco, K.
AU - Harnois, C.
AU - Cropley, M.
AU - Pravettoni, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The heterogeneity of COVID-19 experience and response for each individual is irrefutable; nevertheless, similarities can be observed between countries with respect to people’s psychological responses. The main aim of this Commentary is to provide a cultural perspective of the sources of trauma, at the individual and social level, in three different countries: Italy, US and UK. The evidence from previous outbreaks, such as SARS, H1N1 flu, Ebola, and the ongoing Italian, the US, and the UK experience of COVID-19 shows that COVID-19 has introduced not only an individual trauma but also a collective trauma, that researchers should attend to now and in future global emergencies. Future clinical interventions should aim to reconnect dissociated parts both in the individual and in society. This commentary discusses four potential sources of trauma: high-stakes decision fatigue in healthcare professionals, traumatic grief, and bereavement in people who have lost loved ones, loss of roles and identity, and social divisions related to economic shutdown.
AB - The heterogeneity of COVID-19 experience and response for each individual is irrefutable; nevertheless, similarities can be observed between countries with respect to people’s psychological responses. The main aim of this Commentary is to provide a cultural perspective of the sources of trauma, at the individual and social level, in three different countries: Italy, US and UK. The evidence from previous outbreaks, such as SARS, H1N1 flu, Ebola, and the ongoing Italian, the US, and the UK experience of COVID-19 shows that COVID-19 has introduced not only an individual trauma but also a collective trauma, that researchers should attend to now and in future global emergencies. Future clinical interventions should aim to reconnect dissociated parts both in the individual and in society. This commentary discusses four potential sources of trauma: high-stakes decision fatigue in healthcare professionals, traumatic grief, and bereavement in people who have lost loved ones, loss of roles and identity, and social divisions related to economic shutdown.
KW - Decision fatigue
KW - moral injury
KW - personality
KW - trauma
KW - vicarious traumatization
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U2 - 10.1080/15299732.2020.1787296
DO - 10.1080/15299732.2020.1787296
M3 - Article
C2 - 32654633
AN - SCOPUS:85087756941
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
JF - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
SN - 1529-9732
ER -