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Descriptor English: Psychological Trauma
Descriptor Spanish: Trauma Psicológico
Descriptor trauma psicológico
Scope note: Experiencia emocionalmente dolorosa, impactante, estresante y, a veces, potencialmente mortal. Puede derivar del hecho de ser testigos de acontecimientos angustiosos tales como desastres naturales, abusos físicos o sexuales y actos de terrorismo u otros actos de violencia. (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/)
Descriptor Portuguese: Trauma Psicológico
Descriptor French: Traumatisme psychologique
Entry term(s): Trauma, Psychological
Tree number(s): F03.950.750.375
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067073
Scope note: 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/)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Depression (1965-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Related: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic MeSH
DeCS ID: 56103
Unique ID: D000067073
NLM Classification: WM 172.5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/06
Revision Date: 2019/01/14
Psychological Trauma - Preferred
Concept UI M000597776
Scope note 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/)
Preferred term Psychological Trauma
Entry term(s) Trauma, Psychological



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