It’s the word of the decade. “A major signifier of our age.” “The invisible force that shapes our lives.” But what is “trauma ...

Psychological trauma is a response to an event that a person finds highly stressful. Examples include being in a war zone, a natural disaster, or an accident. Trauma can cause a wide range of physical ...

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For example, being bullied at school for “looking different,” racial profiling by police, and workplace racial harassment can all be DSM-5 Criterion A events, but are these rarely included in ...

Over the past few decades, researchers have developed effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a ...

After trauma, some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition that can involve intrusive nightmares, flashbacks, and physical reactions when reminded of the ...

Shifting from objective severity to subjective distress, psychiatric manuals have steadily widened what qualifies as a ...

Trauma-informed care is in the details. It assumes people are people. And people experience trauma. Trauma informed care or TIC assumes that every person may have a history of trauma, so steps are ...

Racism can cause symptoms of PTSD. Source: Marcos Calvo Mesa/iStockPhoto Super Bowl Slurs Amy was a 21-year-old, Japanese American college student at a large, public university in New England. She ...