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Sanidad Militar

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SAMPER LUCENA, E.. Personality to the trauma in the XXI century: fragility and unfragility. Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2016, vol.72, n.3, pp.209-215. ISSN 1887-8571.

Psychological trauma is a subject of high scientific present, the amount of scientific literature developed in recent years by changes in diagnosis result of research. There is much debate about since the advent of the latest diagnostic manual of mental disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). This article is to give an overview and current information about the trauma. What differences exist in the people who make a more fragile and vulnerable to traumas, while others are more resistant or antifrágiles. Heredity, personality or mental disorders previous type, will mark these differences. This is not the traumatic situation, but how each person lives, what will make the difference in fragility. Everyone once in your life are exposed to traumatic situations. Some of their work are exposed continuously to these situations, sometimes causing what is called a secondary traumatic stress, which affects the individual and the organization undermining the operation of the same, and associated with certain causes, a type staff (neuroticism, extraversion, humor, empathy) and others of the organization (Pride, leadership, team, role stress etc.). It is important to know these frailties for preventive treatment in people affected by a disaster, and professionals in particular in order to identify the most appropriate profile for a profession (military, police, firefighters, doctors ...).

Keywords : Trauma; personality; secondary PTSD; PTSD.

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