Trauma

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Used for

TBI (traumatic brain injury)

See for

brain trauma

Broader Terms

injury

Facts

  • Trauma represents a physical injury or wound that could be caused by an external force.
  • Trauma can sometimes cause death or permanent disability.
  • Psychological trauma is the unique individual experience of an event or enduring conditions, in which: The individual's ability to integrate his/her emotional experience is overwhelmed, or The individual experiences (subjectively) a threat to life, bodily integrity, or sanity.
  • Trauma can represent wound or shock caused by an external force.
  • Trauma is an event that causes feelings of fear, anger, and devastation

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