Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychological Trauma

An emotionally painful, shocking, stressful, and sometimes life-threatening experience. It can result from witnessing distressing events such as natural disasters, physical or sexual abuse, and terrorism or other acts of violence. (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/)

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An emotionally painful, shocking, stressful, and sometimes life-threatening experience. It can result from witnessing distressing events such as natural disasters, physical or sexual abuse, and terrorism or other acts of violence. (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/)

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1 entry terms
  • Trauma, Psychological

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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2016

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  • Depression (1965-2014)

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  1. F03w.950.750.375w

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WM 172.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychological Trauma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000067073. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000067073
  2. Psychological Trauma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma
  3. Psychological Trauma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654426