Culture, society, and trauma - An overview

By: Tom Cloyd - 1 minute read

(Reviewed: 2025-10-22:1615 Pacific Time (USA))

When we look beyond the individual for causes, manifestations, and effects of psychological trauma, we look at the realms of the cultural and the social. These realms of typically intimately related and interconnected.

“Cultural” matters concern those ways of thinking, feeling, and acting which are learned from others and taught to others, especially across generations.

“Social” matters concern the kind of relationships that individuals have with each other, in families, leisure, work, and other contexts.

Please see Culture, society and trauma for a complete listing of brief articles in this section.

 

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