Psychological Trauma

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A Psychological Trauma is a trauma to a mind.



References

2021

  • (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma Retrieved:2021-1-15.
    • Psychological trauma is damage to a person's mind as a result of one or more distressing events which caused overwhelming amounts of stress that exceeded the person's ability to cope or integrate the emotions involved, eventually leading to serious, long-term negative consequences. Given that trauma differs between individuals, according to their subjective experiences, people will react to similar traumatic events differently. In other words, not all people who experience a potentially traumatic event will actually become psychologically traumatized. However, it is possible for some people to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being exposed to a major traumatic event.[1] This discrepancy in risk rate can be attributed to protective factors some individuals may have that enable them to cope with trauma; they are related to temperamental and environmental factors from among others. Some examples are resilience characteristics and active seeking of help.
  1. "Among individuals who do develop post-traumatic stress after exposure to a traumatic event, some develop symptoms sufficient to meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD" Hoffman, V. F., Bose, J., Batts, K. R., Glasheen, C., Hirsch, E., Karg, R., & Hedden, S. (2016, April). Correlates of Lifetime Exposure to One or More Potentially Traumatic Events and Subsequent Posttraumatic Stress among Adults in the United States: Results from the Mental Health Surveillance Study, 2008–2012. Retrieved September 20, 2017, from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/CBHSQ-DR-PTSDtrauma-