traumatic

(adjective)

of, caused by, or causing trauma

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Examples of traumatic in the following topics:

  • Specific Effects of Stress: PTSD

    • Traumatizing, stressful events can have a long term impact on mental and physical health and can manifest in post-traumatic stress disorder.
    • Traumatizing, stressful events can have a long-term impact on mental and physical health.
    • The DSM IV-TR criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as the following:
    • Exposure to a traumatic event - The traumatic event involves the "loss of integrity" or risk or serious harm/injury or death.
    • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe condition that may develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, such as sexual assault, serious injury or the threat of death.

  • Repressed Memories

    • Some research indicates that traumatic memories can be forgotten and later spontaneously recovered.
    • Some speculate that survivors of childhood sexual abuse may repress the memories to cope with the traumatic experience.
    • Traumatic memories are encoded differently than memories of ordinary experiences.
    • In this way, traumatic experiences appear to be qualitatively different from those of non-traumatic events, and, as a result, they are more difficult to remember accurately.
    • These gaps involve an inability to recall personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature. 

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    • A traumatic event can involve one experience or repeated events or experiences over time.
    • Traumatizing, stressful events can have a long-term impact on mental and physical health.
    • PTSD is believed to be caused by the experience of a traumatic event.
    • While men are more likely to experience a traumatic event, women are more likely to experience the kind of high-impact traumatic event that can lead to PTSD, such as interpersonal violence and sexual assault.
    • Summarize the similarities and differences in diagnostic criteria, etiology, and treatment options between post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

    • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops after exposure to an event that is so stressful for an individual that it becomes traumatic.
    • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops after exposure to an event that is so stressful for an individual that it becomes traumatic.
    • PTSD symptoms may result when a traumatic event causes an over-reactive adrenaline response, which creates deep neurological patterns in the brain.
    • This effect of childhood trauma, which is not well-understood, may be a marker for both traumatic experiences and attachment problems.
    • Describe the role of the endocrine system in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

    • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force injures the brain, and can be caused by a direct impact or by acceleration alone.
    • Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain.
    • The risk of post-traumatic seizures increases with severity of trauma and is particularly elevated with certain types of brain trauma such as cerebral contusions or hematomas.

  • How Stress Impacts our Health

    • One of the most serious ways that stress can impact psychological well-being is in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
    • PTSD is a severe condition that may develop after a person is exposed to extreme levels of stress related to one or more traumatic events, such as sexual assault, serious injury or the threat of death.
    • Sufferers of PTSD are confronted with feelings of helplessness, fear, or horror when experiencing their traumatic event.
    • Afterward, memories or nightmares of this traumatic event are often relived and the event is seen by the sufferer as a flashback, or a vivid mental image of a past trauma.

  • Injuries to Nerves Emerging from the Brachial Plexus

    • Lesions in nerves of the brachial plexus are classified as obstetric or traumatic as a result of shoulder trauma, inflammation, or tumors.
    • As body armor and vehicular safety have improved, more soldiers and car passengers survive traumatic injuries, but often experience complete avulsion of the brachial plexus.
    • When the brachial plexus is traumatically injured to that degree, loss of motor and sensory function in the upper limbs can be complete and devastating.
    • But in general, brachial plexus lesions can be classified as either traumatic or obstetric.
    • Traumatic brachial plexus injuries may arise from several causes, including sports, and high-velocity motor vehicle accidents, especially in motorcyclists, but also in all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) accidents.

  • Stress and Disease

    • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma .
    • Sensory input, memory formation, and stress response mechanisms are affected in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    • There is consistent evidence from MRI volumetric studies that hippocampal volume is reduced in post-traumatic stress disorder.
    • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to psychological trauma.

  • Pneumothorax and Hemothorax

    • Traumatic pneumothorax occurs most commonly when the chest wall is pierced, such as when a stab wound, gunshot wound, or broken rib allows air to enter the pleural space.
    • In traumatic pneumothorax, chest tubes are usually inserted.
    • Its cause is usually traumatic, from a blunt or penetrating injury to the chest, resulting in a rupture of the serous membrane either lining the chest or covering the lungs.

  • Amnesia

    • Functional causes are psychological factors, such as mental disorder, post-traumatic stress, or, in psychoanalytic terms, defense mechanisms.
    • Repressed memory, which refers to the inability to recall information, usually about stressful or traumatic events in persons' lives (e.g. a violent attack or disaster).
    • Drug-induced amnesia is intentionally caused by injection of an amnesiac drug to help a patient forget surgery or medical procedures, particularly those not performed under full anesthesia, or likely to be particularly traumatic.
    • It has been claimed that it involves a narrowing of consciousness with attention focused on central perceptual details, and/or that the emotional or traumatic events are processed differently from ordinary memories.