Trauma

In physical medicine, major trauma is injury or damage to a biological organism caused by physical harm from an external source. Major trauma is also injury that can potentially lead to serious long-term outcomes like chronic pain.

In psychology, psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event.

Trauma may also refer to:

Film and television

• Trauma (1962 film), an American film by Robert M. Young
• Red Rings of Fear, a 1978 film sometimes known as Trauma
• Trauma (1993 film), a horror film by Dario Argento
• Trauma (2004 film), a psychological thriller by Marc Evans
• Trauma (TV series), a medical drama set in San Francisco
• Trauma (Canadian TV series), a medical drama set in Montreal

Music

Artists and record labels

• Trauma (band), an American heavy metal band
• Trauma (Polish band), a Polish death metal band
• Trauma Records, a record label

Works

• Trauma (album), a 2005 album by DJ Quik
• "Trauma" (song), a song by Ayumi Hamasaki
• "Day Twelve: Trauma", a song by Ayreon from The Human Equation
• Trauma, a song by a progressive rock band Snovi
• "Glitter and Trauma", a song by Biffy Clyro, which opens their 2004 album, Infinity Land

Medical

• Traumatology, scientific study of injuries caused by external sources* Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, a peer-reviewed academic medical journal
• Trauma (journal), a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal
• Trauma team, a multidisciplinary group of healthcare workers who collectively work together
• Traumatic alopecia, a cutaneous condition that results from the forceful pulling out of the scalp hair
• Traumatic anserine folliculosis, a curious gooseflesh-like follicular hyperkeratosis
• Traumatic bone cyst, a condition of the jaws
• Traumatic neuroma, a type of neuroma which results from trauma to a nerve, usually during a surgical procedure
• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research

Sports

• Trauma (wrestler)
• Trauma II (born 1982), Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler
• Tacoma Trauma, an expansion team of the Women's Football Alliance that was set to begin play in 2012
• Los Traumas, the name of a Mexican professional wrestling tag team

Other uses

• Trauma (comics), a character associated with Avengers: The Initiative in the Marvel Universe
• Trauma (video game), a 2011 graphic adventure game
• Trauma Studios, an American computer game development company
• Baltimore Trauma, professional paintball team from North Carolina

See also

• Trauma Center (series), a surgical-based video game
• Troma Entertainment, film company specializing in independent, horror, and exploitation films
• Trauma (novel), a 2008 novel by British author Patrick McGrath
• All pages beginning with "Trauma"
• All pages with titles containing Trauma