Neural connectome prospectively encodes the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected humans worldwide and led to unprecedented stress and mortality. Detrimental effects of the pandemic on mental health, including risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), have become an increasing concern. The identification of prospective neurobiological vulnerability markers for developing PTSD symptom during the pandemic is thus of high importance.

Methods

Before the COVID-19 outbreak (September 20, 2019-January 11, 2020), some healthy participants underwent resting-state functional connectivity MRI (rs-fcMRI) acquisition. We assessed the PTSD symptomology of these individuals during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic (February 21, 2020-February 28, 2020) in China. This pseudo-prospective cohort design allow

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371262 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature