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Tim Dornin

Relocation sparks PTSD in bushfire victims

People forced to relocate after a bushfire are at higher risk of suffering PTSD, a new study shows. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

People forced to relocate after a bushfire are at a higher risk of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study has found.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Flinders University spoke with people affected by the 2005 Eyre Peninsula bushfires, which took nine lives, destroyed 93 homes and blackened 80,000 hectares of land.

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