Trauma is everywhere today—but what does it really mean? This explainer traces its history, evolving definitions, and the ...

After trauma, some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition that can involve intrusive nightmares, flashbacks, and physical reactions when reminded of the ...

Shifting from objective severity to subjective distress, psychiatric manuals have steadily widened what qualifies as a ...

Psychological trauma is a response to an event that a person finds highly stressful. Examples include being in a war zone, a natural disaster, or an accident. Trauma can cause a wide range of physical ...

Racism can cause symptoms of PTSD. Source: Marcos Calvo Mesa/iStockPhoto Super Bowl Slurs Amy was a 21-year-old, Japanese American college student at a large, public university in New England. She ...

Pro bono projects can provide some of the most meaningful and interesting moments in a lawyer’s career. It’s usually an easy decision to say “yes” when presented with a pro bono opportunity, because ...

Some examples of group trauma include crews and their families who lose members from a commercial fishing accident, a gang whose members experience multiple deaths and injuries, teams of firefighters ...

Practical strategies for researchers engaging with trauma-related issues and participants with experience of trauma ...

Trauma-informed care is in the details. It assumes people are people. And people experience trauma. Trauma informed care or TIC assumes that every person may have a history of trauma, so steps are ...