Category

Types of trauma

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post-traumatic stress disorder

psychiatric disorder that developed after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying or life-threatening event

physiological wound caused by an external source

psychological trauma

type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event

injury that could cause prolonged disability or death

physical trauma caused to a body part, either by impact, injury or physical attack

medical condition

Polytrauma and multiple trauma are medical terms describing the condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries, such as a serious head injury in addition to a serious burn. The term is defined via an Injury Severity Score (ISS) equal to or greater than 16. It has become a commonly applied term by US military physicians in describing the seriously injured soldiers returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The term is generic, however, and has been in use for a long time for any case involving multiple trauma.

penetrating trauma

transgenerational trauma

process by which the psychological impact of a traumatic event is transmitted from one generation to the next

childhood trauma

adverse childhood experiences

traumatic bonding

emotional bonds with one's victimizer

abdominal trauma

injury to the abdomen

medical condition

religious trauma syndrome

set of symptoms experienced by those who participate in or have left certain religious groups and belief systems

Betrayal trauma

trauma perpetrated by someone with whom the victim is close to and reliant upon for support

Although the term has occasionally been used in other ways, in medical literature biotrauma is usually defined as a severe inflammatory response produced in the lungs of patients who breathe by means of a mechanical ventilator for a long period of time. The term was coined in a 1998 paper by L. N. Tremblay and A. S. Slutsky, titled Ventilator-induced injury: from barotrauma to biotrauma. The message of that paper was that barotrauma caused by pressure differentials is only one of several types of lung damage that a ventilator can produce.

historical trauma

cumulative or persisting emotional harm to individuals or generations