Abstract

The outcomes of trauma have been described by Breuer, Janet, Dorahy, van der Hart, Nijenhuis, Kathy Steele, Buler, Crabtree, Brown, and van der Kolk, among others. The COVID-19 pandemic is a major traumatic event. Will it result in mass PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)? Or will we dissociate the events and return to normal the minute an efficacious vaccine or a cure is found?