Trauma

Trauma most often refers to:

  • Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source
  • Psychological trauma, in psychology and psychiatric medicine, severe mental injury caused by a distressing event
  • Traumatic injury, sudden physical injury caused by an external force, which does not rise to the level of major trauma
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