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The short- and long-term psychological sequelae resultingfrom exposure to trauma can vary from complete recovery tovarious psychiatric conditions of various severities. Why dosome persons appear not to have clinically significant long-termeffects from trauma, while others do? The text reviews the normalresponses to traumatic events and what factors increase thelikelihood of developing significant long-term psychopathology.’ ‹