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Psychological trauma

Psychological trauma (also known as mental trauma, psychiatric trauma, emotional damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events, such as bodily injury, sexual violence, or other threats to the life of the subject or their loved ones; indirect exposure, such as from watching television news, may be extremely…

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Medication
Antidepressants, antipsychotics, antiemetics, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines
Specialty
Neurology, neuropsychiatry, psychiatry, psychology, social work
Treatment
Therapy

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Psychological trauma

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Avg. degree1.99
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Psychological trauma

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has treatment · 32
Psychological trauma → At, Brief Psychotic, Cochrane, DBT, Department, Drug Administration, EFT, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique, Eye Movement Desensitization, FDA, Food, If, Institute, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Medications, Medicine, Other, Paxil, PTSD
related to Stress disorders · 13
Psychological trauma → All, In, Long-term, Not, Psychological, PTSD, Research, Studies, Such, The, There, US, Vietnam War
related to In psychodynamics · 9
Psychological trauma → An, Charcot, Charcot's, French, Freud's, Jean Laplanche, Jean-Martin Charcot, Psychodynamic, Sigmund Freud
related to Diagnosis · 7
Psychological trauma → As, In, Psychotraumatology, The, This, While, Within
related to Situational trauma · 5
Psychological trauma → An, Proactive, Reactive, There, Trauma
related to Coping mechanisms · 4
Psychological trauma → Coping, Some, There, While
related to Society and culture · 4
Psychological trauma → Religious, Some, This, While
see also · 3
Psychological trauma → AggressorPsychogenic, Comfort, Suicide
Medication · 1
Psychological trauma → Antidepressants, antipsychotics, antiemetics, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines
Specialty · 1
Psychological trauma → Neurology, neuropsychiatry, psychiatry, psychology, social work

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trauma psychological may traumatic emotional ptsd stress also event experience events coping individual symptoms often include people exposure treatment person

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Psychological traumaMedicationAntidepressants, antipsychotics, antiemetics, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines1.00infobox
Psychological traumaSpecialtyNeurology, neuropsychiatry, psychiatry, psychology, social work1.00infobox
Psychological traumaTreatmentTherapy1.00infobox
Psychological traumais amain source of PTSD0.90text
psychological shockinstance ofor mass casualty events such as terrorist attacks or natural disasters.Short-term reactions0.80text
psychological denial typically followinstance ofor mass casualty events such as terrorist attacks or natural disasters.Short-term reactions0.80text
imagesinstance ofUpsetting memories0.80text
thoughtsinstance ofUpsetting memories0.80text
or flashbacks may haunt the personinstance ofUpsetting memories0.80text
and nightmares may be frequentinstance ofUpsetting memories0.80text
child abuseinstance ofA passive response is often characterized by an emotional numbness or ignorance of a stressor.There is also a distinction between trauma induced by recent situations and long-te…0.80text
the suppression of the immune systeminstance ofSuch prolonged exposure causes many physiological dysfunctions0.80text

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