The risk of loneliness and trauma from COVID-19

The coronavirus that's packing people in hospitals as they grapple with sometimes life-threatening complications is leading to another problem for some survivors: mental health issues.

What's happening: Many hospitals require adult patients to enter without family. Their stress, loneliness and fear, sometimes magnified by invasive treatment procedures, place them at a high risk for disorders such as PTSD, some medical experts say.

Loneliness can affect all of us during a pandemic, as many people stay physically distant from each other and more than 36 million Americans live by themselves.

"Loneliness...