A new study in the journal “Clinical Psychological Science” claims that so-called “trigger warnings” — visible warnings placed on controversial material and material that might cause post-traumatic stress disorder in individuals who have experienced certain forms of trauma — have only “trivial effects” on a person’s mental health and are mostly worthless.
Robby Soave at Reason Magazine reports that the study found that “[t]rigger warnings don’t really leave anyone worse off … [b]ut they don’t help matters, either: Study participants who received a trigger warning were just as bothered by traumatic words and images as participants who saw the words and images without any forewarning.”
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