Cortisol in hair may be a better indicator of chronic stress in war refugees than a commonly used questionnaire, researchers reported March 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists in Denver.
That’s the finding from a study of some 300 women and children who fled to Poland following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Roughly a quarter of people exposed to conflict and violence experience long-term mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress, estimates suggest.
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