pretraumatic
Prior to injury
Pretraumatic describes the period or state before a traumatic event occurs.
The term appears mainly in psychology, where pretraumatic stress refers to anxiety about anticipated trauma—the dread soldiers feel before deployment, or the fear preceding a dreaded medical procedure.
It's the mirror of posttraumatic, focusing on what comes before rather than after.
Feeling or showing expectation
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
predisposition · risk assessment · screening · prevention · early intervention · resilience · warning signs · coping
Prepared for immediate action
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- briefingConcise information session
- preparationArranging things in advance
- mental conditioningDeliberate psychological habit-building
threat assessment · psychological screening · mental rehearsal · survival training
Elements increasing adverse outcomes
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
- precautionaryDone to prevent harm
health anxiety · injury prevention · protective measures · early detection · preventive care
anticipatory
Feeling or showing expectation
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
vulnerability · predisposition · risk assessment · screening · prevention · early intervention · resilience · warning signs · coping · hypervigilance
combat readiness
Prepared for immediate action
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- briefingConcise information session
- preparationArranging things in advance
mental conditioning · threat assessment · psychological screening · mental rehearsal · survival training
risk factors
Elements increasing adverse outcomes
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
precautionary · health anxiety · injury prevention · protective measures · early detection · preventive care
pre, trauma, traumatic, traumas, traumatize, traumatized, traumatizing, traumatization, posttraumatic