trauma

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By helping patients confront their trauma, she developed a way to give them power over it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Los Angeles County medical examiner said the cause of death stemmed from the combined effects of physical exertion, environmental heat exposure, blunt trauma and COVID-19 infection.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The number with serious mental health issues, particularly trauma, is also “very high,” they said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The "emergency air bridge" to the UK allowed seriously ill or injured patients to be transferred quickly to specialist centres there, including major trauma and cardiac hospitals, he added.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He avidly read books by Robert Lifton, a psychiatrist who worked with trauma patients, including Vietnam veterans.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge