TL;DR
The APA reports a 23 percent increase in anxiety-related clinical visits since the Iran war began — war stress is now a measurable public health event.
MSM Perspective
CNN Health covered the APA data as a wellness story.
X Perspective
X's mental health community is sharing coping resources and noting that 'doom-scrolling the war' has become its own clinical presentation.
The American Psychological Association reported Friday that anxiety-related clinical visits have increased 23 percent nationally since the Iran war began in late February. The increase is concentrated in adults aged 25-45 and is geographically distributed — not concentrated in military communities. [1]
Clinicians are reporting a specific presentation: patients describe compulsive news consumption, sleep disruption, and helplessness about events they cannot control. The APA's guidance encourages "structured news consumption" — a clinical recommendation to read less.
-- NORA WHITFIELD, Chicago