Trauma

Definitions of trauma

General definition: The expression trauma (greek.: wound), plural trauma, means an emotional response to a terrible event or series of events, such as accidents, rape or natural disasters.

Definitions of the two common medical coding classification systems  (ICD-10 und DSM-IV):

• ICD-10: Arises as a delayed or protracted response to a stressful event or situation (of either brief or long duration) of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature, which is likely to cause pervasive distress in almost anyone. 
• DSM-IV: The person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others.

Quellen

• Wikipedia.org: psychisches trauma,  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma, letzter Aufruf: 5.4.2022
• degpt.de: Trauma und Traumafolgestörungen, https://www.degpt.de/informationen/fuer-betroffene/trauma-und-traumafolgen  letzter Aufruf: 1.5.2021
• estss: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, https://estss.org/learn-about-trauma/icd10 letzter Aufruf: 5.4.2022
• estss: https://estss.org/learn-about-trauma/dsm-iv-definition letzter Aufruf: 5.4.2022

Traumatic events

Unique / Suddenly				Ongoing/repetive
man made		not man made		man made		not man made
Accidents	Crime	Illness	Natural disasters	Crime	Wars and  terrorism	Illness
Nuclear accident Car accident Fire- injuries Ferry desaster Plane crash Cable car accident	Rampage Burglary Hostage crisis Violence in the family Mayhem Assassination attempt Robbery Rape	Sudden child death	Earthquake Flood Tornado	Torture Sects Sexual abuse	World wars Holocaust Wars Terrorist attacks	AIDS Cancer

Trauma sequelae

• Depression

• Anxiety disorder

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

• Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

• Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder borderline typ

• Narcissistic Personality Disorder

• Somatoform pain disorder, e.g. fibromyalgia

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Derealization and Depersonalization Disorder

• Dissociative disorders

• Adjustment disorders

• Eating disorder

• Substance addiction

• Acute stress reaction

• Artificial diseases

• Prostitution

• Selfharming behaviour