Psychological trauma results from an event, series of events, or a set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening. Trauma can have lasting effects on a person’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual wellbeing. Common traumatic events include:
- Abuse
- Accidents
- Community Violence
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Life-Threatening Illness or Injury
- Racism
- Sexual Assault
- Traumatic Grief
- Natural Disasters
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