
Trauma - American Psychological Association (APA)
Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, crime, or natural disaster. Reactions such as shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable …
APA Dictionary of Psychology
Apr 19, 2018 · Traumatic events include those caused by human behavior (e.g., rape, war, industrial accidents) as well as by nature (e.g., earthquakes) and often challenge an …
What is trauma? A critique and definition. - APA PsycNet
The term “trauma” is ambiguous, even in formal academic literature. In this article, I will argue for a more precise definition of psychological trauma that I believe will aid researchers in …
Both the American Psychiatric Association (2022) and the World Health Organization (2021) define traumatic events as experiences involving actual or threatened death or serious injury …
Defining trauma. - APA PsycNet
Whether the objective is to learn about psychological trauma, to empirically investigate trauma-related phenomena, or to treat the consequences of encountering a traumatic event (TE), it is …
There are three important considerations regarding collective trauma, including how long it may last, its impact, and the severity of problems between different racial, cultural, religious, or …
How to cope with traumatic stress - American Psychological …
Oct 30, 2019 · Traumatic stress is a normal reaction to an abnormal event, such as a violent act, a serious injury, a sexual violation, or other shocking event.
Students Exposed to Trauma
A traumatic event is a frightening, dangerous, or violent event that poses bodily or psychological harm or is a threat to a student’s life or a loved one. Students may or may not experience a …
APA Dictionary of Psychology
Nov 15, 2023 · the transmission of trauma or its legacy, in the form of a psychological consequence of an injury or attack, poverty, and so forth, from the generation experiencing the …
This definition is intended to be broad and include not only the life-threatening or physically injurious events described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th …