The DSM and the Adverse Childhood Experience Study

Trauma is a word that in this day and age is thrown around quite casually. I think it's important to dispel some of the colloquial uses of the term trauma. There is also not a single truth when it comes to the different types of trauma, she says. To receive a diagnosis of PTSD, you must have experienced a traumatic event singular. This is called a stressor in the manual.