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Psychological Trauma

MedGen UID:
853993
•Concept ID:
C3203533
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Trauma, Psychological

Definition

An emotionally painful, shocking, stressful, and sometimes life-threatening experience. It can result from witnessing distressing events such as natural disasters, physical or sexual abuse, and terrorism or other acts of violence. (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/) [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPsychological Trauma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Trauma-informed primary care for medical residents.
Shamaskin-Garroway AM, McLaughlin EA, Quinn N, Buono FD
Clin Teach 2020 Apr;17(2):200-204. Epub 2019 Aug 16 doi: 10.1111/tct.13082. PMID: 31419026
Contemporary Management of Primary Distal Urethral Cancer.
Traboulsi SL, Witjes JA, Kassouf W
Urol Clin North Am 2016 Nov;43(4):493-503. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2016.06.010. PMID: 27717435
Nursing care and treatment of the patient with human papillomavirus.
Peate I
Br J Nurs 2006 Oct 26-Nov 8;15(19):1063-9. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2006.15.19.22107. PMID: 17167367

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Childhood Trauma and Psychosis: An Updated Review.
Stanton KJ, Denietolis B, Goodwin BJ, Dvir Y
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2020 Jan;29(1):115-129. Epub 2019 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2019.08.004. PMID: 31708041
Childhood trauma and clinical high risk for psychosis.
Loewy RL, Corey S, Amirfathi F, Dabit S, Fulford D, Pearson R, Hua JPY, Schlosser D, Stuart BK, Mathalon DH, Vinogradov S
Schizophr Res 2019 Mar;205:10-14. Epub 2018 May 18 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.05.003. PMID: 29779964Free PMC Article
Complicated grief: recent developments in diagnostic criteria and treatment.
Nakajima S
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018 Sep 5;373(1754) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0273. PMID: 30012739Free PMC Article
Systematic review of pediatric health outcomes associated with childhood adversity.
Oh DL, Jerman P, Silvério Marques S, Koita K, Purewal Boparai SK, Burke Harris N, Bucci M
BMC Pediatr 2018 Feb 23;18(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1037-7. PMID: 29475430Free PMC Article
Post-traumatic stress disorder: the neurobiological impact of psychological trauma.
Sherin JE, Nemeroff CB
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2011;13(3):263-78. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2011.13.2/jsherin. PMID: 22034143Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Parry-Romberg syndrome: a mini review.
Arif T, Fatima R, Sami M
Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat 2020 Dec;29(4):193-199. PMID: 33348939
Childhood Trauma and Psychosis: An Updated Review.
Stanton KJ, Denietolis B, Goodwin BJ, Dvir Y
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2020 Jan;29(1):115-129. Epub 2019 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2019.08.004. PMID: 31708041
Childhood trauma and clinical high risk for psychosis.
Loewy RL, Corey S, Amirfathi F, Dabit S, Fulford D, Pearson R, Hua JPY, Schlosser D, Stuart BK, Mathalon DH, Vinogradov S
Schizophr Res 2019 Mar;205:10-14. Epub 2018 May 18 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.05.003. PMID: 29779964Free PMC Article
Complicated grief: recent developments in diagnostic criteria and treatment.
Nakajima S
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018 Sep 5;373(1754) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0273. PMID: 30012739Free PMC Article
Systematic review of pediatric health outcomes associated with childhood adversity.
Oh DL, Jerman P, Silvério Marques S, Koita K, Purewal Boparai SK, Burke Harris N, Bucci M
BMC Pediatr 2018 Feb 23;18(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1037-7. PMID: 29475430Free PMC Article

Therapy

Prevalence and Characterization of Psychological Trauma in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Gardoki-Souto I, Redolar-Ripoll D, Fontana M, Hogg B, Castro MJ, Blanch JM, Ojeda F, Solanes A, Radua J, Valiente-Gómez A, Cirici R, Pérez V, Amann BL, Moreno-Alcázar A
Pain Res Manag 2022;2022:2114451. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1155/2022/2114451. PMID: 36504759Free PMC Article
Childbirth-Related Psychological Trauma.
Pop-Jordanova N
Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki) 2022 Apr 22;43(1):17-27. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2022-0002. PMID: 35451296
Complicated grief: recent developments in diagnostic criteria and treatment.
Nakajima S
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018 Sep 5;373(1754) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0273. PMID: 30012739Free PMC Article
Early Psychological Therapy in Critical Illness.
Karnatovskaia LV, Philbrick KL, Parker AM, Needham DM
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2016 Feb;37(1):136-42. Epub 2016 Jan 28 doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1570367. PMID: 26820280
Psychological trauma and functional somatic syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Afari N, Ahumada SM, Wright LJ, Mostoufi S, Golnari G, Reis V, Cuneo JG
Psychosom Med 2014 Jan;76(1):2-11. Epub 2013 Dec 12 doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000010. PMID: 24336429Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Prevalence and Characterization of Psychological Trauma in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Gardoki-Souto I, Redolar-Ripoll D, Fontana M, Hogg B, Castro MJ, Blanch JM, Ojeda F, Solanes A, Radua J, Valiente-Gómez A, Cirici R, Pérez V, Amann BL, Moreno-Alcázar A
Pain Res Manag 2022;2022:2114451. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1155/2022/2114451. PMID: 36504759Free PMC Article
The childbirth experience: A systematic review of predictors and outcomes.
McKelvin G, Thomson G, Downe S
Women Birth 2021 Sep;34(5):407-416. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.09.021. PMID: 33039281
Childhood Trauma and Psychosis: An Updated Review.
Stanton KJ, Denietolis B, Goodwin BJ, Dvir Y
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2020 Jan;29(1):115-129. Epub 2019 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2019.08.004. PMID: 31708041
Complicated grief: recent developments in diagnostic criteria and treatment.
Nakajima S
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018 Sep 5;373(1754) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0273. PMID: 30012739Free PMC Article
Demoralization and embitterment.
Nanni MG, Caruso R, Sabato S, Grassi L
Psychol Trauma 2018 Jan;10(1):14-21. doi: 10.1037/tra0000326. PMID: 29323522

Clinical prediction guides

Prevalence and Characterization of Psychological Trauma in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Gardoki-Souto I, Redolar-Ripoll D, Fontana M, Hogg B, Castro MJ, Blanch JM, Ojeda F, Solanes A, Radua J, Valiente-Gómez A, Cirici R, Pérez V, Amann BL, Moreno-Alcázar A
Pain Res Manag 2022;2022:2114451. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1155/2022/2114451. PMID: 36504759Free PMC Article
The childbirth experience: A systematic review of predictors and outcomes.
McKelvin G, Thomson G, Downe S
Women Birth 2021 Sep;34(5):407-416. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.09.021. PMID: 33039281
Severe childhood trauma and clinical and neurocognitive features in schizotypal personality disorder.
Velikonja T, Velthorst E, McClure MM, Rutter S, Calabrese WR, Rosell D, Koenigsberg HW, Goodman M, New AS, Hazlett EA, Perez-Rodriguez MM
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2019 Jul;140(1):50-64. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1111/acps.13032. PMID: 30951190
Demoralization and embitterment.
Nanni MG, Caruso R, Sabato S, Grassi L
Psychol Trauma 2018 Jan;10(1):14-21. doi: 10.1037/tra0000326. PMID: 29323522
Sexual assault victimization and psychopathology: A review and meta-analysis.
Dworkin ER, Menon SV, Bystrynski J, Allen NE
Clin Psychol Rev 2017 Aug;56:65-81. Epub 2017 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.06.002. PMID: 28689071Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Anxiety, depression, trauma-related, and sleep disorders among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Marvaldi M, Mallet J, Dubertret C, Moro MR, Guessoum SB
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021 Jul;126:252-264. Epub 2021 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.03.024. PMID: 33774085Free PMC Article
The childbirth experience: A systematic review of predictors and outcomes.
McKelvin G, Thomson G, Downe S
Women Birth 2021 Sep;34(5):407-416. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.09.021. PMID: 33039281
A systematic review of social stress and mental health among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the United States.
Valentine SE, Shipherd JC
Clin Psychol Rev 2018 Dec;66:24-38. Epub 2018 Mar 28 doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2018.03.003. PMID: 29627104Free PMC Article
Systematic review of pediatric health outcomes associated with childhood adversity.
Oh DL, Jerman P, Silvério Marques S, Koita K, Purewal Boparai SK, Burke Harris N, Bucci M
BMC Pediatr 2018 Feb 23;18(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1037-7. PMID: 29475430Free PMC Article
Psychological trauma and functional somatic syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Afari N, Ahumada SM, Wright LJ, Mostoufi S, Golnari G, Reis V, Cuneo JG
Psychosom Med 2014 Jan;76(1):2-11. Epub 2013 Dec 12 doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000010. PMID: 24336429Free PMC Article

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