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- Dictionarytrau·ma/ˈtrômə/
noun
- 1. a deeply distressing or disturbing experience: "a personal trauma like the death of a child"
- 2. physical injury: "rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt trauma" Similar Opposite
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And yet, ironically, trauma psychology is at the very same time one of the newest fields of study in psychology. This is reflected in the fact that the American Psychological Associa-tion (APA) Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) is the most recently approved division of APA.
Although similar to posttraumatic stress disorder, racial trauma is unique in that it involves ongoing individual and collective injuries due to exposure and reexposure to race-based stress. The articles in this special issue introduce new conceptual approaches, research, and healing models to challenge racial trauma.
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 investigating the phenomenon. Methodologically, I first focus on event-based trauma to form a definition.
Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.
In this chapter, we review research and theory describing how trauma in early life influences the development of young children. We provide information about how children’s development can be altered, both adversely when children are exposed to trauma, and positively when children experience sensitive and responsive caregiving.
Jul 31, 2017 · Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory and simultaneously experience bilateral stimulation (usually eye movements).
