traumatic

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Ronald Levant, author of “The Problem with Men: Insights on Overcoming a Traumatic Childhood from a World-Renowned Psychologist,” has found men’s groups especially useful in engaging men who foot-drag their way to therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

For the youngest fire victims, this can include returning to earlier stages in their development, said Gregory Leskin, a psychologist and program director with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

Traumatic scenarios like this one are inflicted on some 3.5 million children in the U.S. each year by child protective services, as reported by ProPublica and NBC News in a 2022 investigation.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024

"Traumatic, super-hot and overcrowded" are just some of the words mums used to describe their experience at "inadequate" maternity hospitals.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

Traumatic Rupture of the Tympanic Membrane.—Perforating wounds may result from direct violence caused by the patient—for example, in attempts to remove wax or foreign bodies, or by clumsiness on the part of the surgeon.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander