Encyclopedia of Trauma Care

Nowadays, it is necessary to remind ourselves that the word ‘trauma’ is derived from a Greek term meaning a wound. It is only in the past 30 years or so that the concept of a shock having long-term psychological effects has become firmly embedded in the public mind. When I reviewed the Encyclopedia of Trauma and Traumatic Stress Disorder (Doctor and Shiromoto, 2010) for this journal (RR 2010/329), I noted that my 1990 Oxford English Dictionary put wounds first and psychological effects second, but my 2000 Collins English Dictionary reversed the order, putting “Psychol. A powerful...