trauma

trauma /trau·ma/ (traw´mah) (trou´mah) pl. traumas, trau´mata   [Gr.]

1. injury.

2. psychological or emotional damage.traumat´ic

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birth trauma 

1. an injury to the infant during the process of being born.

2. the psychic shock produced in an infant by the experience of being born.

psychic trauma  a psychologically upsetting experience that produces a mental disorder or otherwise has lasting negative effects on a person's thoughts, feelings, or behavior.

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trau·ma (trôm, trou-)

n. pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-m-t)

1. A serious bodily injury or shock, as from violence or an accident.

2. A severely disturbing experience that leads to lasting psychological or emotional impairment.

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trau·matic (-mtk) adj.

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Trauma

A disastrous or life-threatening event that can cause severe emotional distress. DID is associated with trauma in a person's early life or adult experience.

Mentioned in: Acute Stress Disorder, Dissociative Disorders, Hemophilia, Life Support, Multiple Personality Disorder, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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trauma

[trou′mə, trô′mə]

Etymology: Gk, wound

1 physical injury caused by violent or disruptive action or by the introduction into the body of a toxic substance.

2 psychic injury resulting from a severe emotional shock. traumatic, adj., traumatize, v.

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trauma [traw´mah] (pl. traumas, trau´mata) (Gr.)

1. injury.

2. psychological or emotional damage. adj., adj traumat´ic.

birth trauma

an injury to the infant during the process of being born. 2. in some psychiatric theories, the psychic shock produced in an infant by the experience of being born.

psychic trauma a psychologically upsetting experience that produces an emotional or mental disorder or otherwise has lasting negative effects on a person's thoughts, feelings, or behavior.

risk for trauma a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as accentuated risk of accidental tissue injury such as a wound, burn, or fracture.

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trauma (träˑ·m),

n any physical or emotional injury due to sudden or violent action, exposure to dangerous toxins or profound shock.

Transverse (horizontal) plane.

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trauma (trou´m, trô´m),

n a hurt; a wound; an injury; damage; impairment; external violence producing bodily injury or degeneration.

trauma, cumulative,

n medical condition developing in the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems and musculoskeletal system due to forceful, awkward, and repetitive bodily motions as well as exposure to cold temperatures, mechanical stress, and vibrations.

trauma, injury in occlusal,

n the damaging effects of occlusal trauma, which are of a dystrophic nature and affect the tooth and its periodontium. Lesions include wear facets on the tooth, root resorption, cemental tears, thrombosis of blood vessels of the periodontal membrane, necrosis and hyalinization of the periodontal mem-brane on the pressure side, and resorption of alveolar and supporting bone. Clinically, tooth mobility and migration may be evident; radiographically, evidence includes the widening of the periodontal membrane space and fraying or fuzziness of the lamina dura and formation of infrabony resorptive defects. Pocket formation is not a sequela to occlusal traumatism.

trauma, occlusal,

n abnormal occlusal relationships of the teeth, causing injury to the periodontium.

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trauma

a wound or injury, especially damage produced by external force, e.g. surgical operation, impact, blunt instrument.

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birth trauma

an injury to the fetus during the process of being born.

trauma score

a numerical assessment of injuries suffered as a result of trauma. Several systems are used, including the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Revised Trauma Score.

self-inflicted trauma

see self-trauma.

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trauma

A physical or emotional wound or injury. See Alternobaric trauma, Atmospheric inner ear barotrauma, Barotrauma, Birth trauma, Childhood trauma, Implantation trauma, Penetrating trauma, Phonotrauma.

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Patient discussion about trauma.

Q. can you get bipolar as a result of some bad life experience? or some trauma you've been through?

A. thanks guys, my girlfriend was just diagnosed as bipolar... hard times for both of us...

Q. Save my husband. My husband was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder in 2001 but in 2003 traumatic events happened in our life due to a house fire, my husband was manic round the clock to the point where he was going to do harm to himself or someone else. I begged his doctor to institutionalize him to regulate his meds and to help him to deal with the traumatic thing that happened to us. But my doctor refused saying he couldn't do it against his will. No one would listen to my begging. Please help my husband. My husband ended up doing something that caused him to be in prison today, still not getting help. Is there anything I can do to help my husband to go to a place that will help him rather than making his mental state worse?

A. Take him to your local emergency room. tell the treage nurse you need to talk to a crisis worker. Go in with him and talk to the crisis worker about the things he has been doing and that he has bipolar disorder. Explain that he IS a danger to himself and others. They will probalbly want to speak with him alone but that is the best way to get him the help he needs. See if they can refer him to a mood disorder clinic to help him in the long run.
Stay strong and try to help him get the help he needs... Protect yourself in the meantime.