title: [Historical trauma. Systematic review of a different approach to armed conflict].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Historical trauma (HT) is a collective trauma inflicted on a group of people who share an identity or affiliation, and is often characterized by the transgenerational legacy of traumatic experiences, and expressed through various psychological and social responses. This construct is proposed in contrast to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to limitations identified with the latter diagnostic category when addressing collective trauma, especially in situations of political and social violence. The purpose of this article is to review the literature published so far on HT.
  
  
  METHODS
  A search was performed using the terms "historical trauma" and "mental health" or "trauma histórico" and "salud mental" in the scientific databases, EMBASE, Ebscohost, JSTOR, ProQuest, LILACS, SciELO, PsycARTICLES, ISI Web of Science and PubMed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors reviewed HT definition, paramount characteristics of its traumatic experience, and several theories of on the transgenerational succession if these experiences occur, as well as possible consequences of traumatic events at individual, family and social level. Common characteristics of different therapeutic models are highlighted, in addition to some recommendations for their application.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PTSD has clear limitations in addressing community and cumulative traumatic experiences related to specific social and historical contexts. The authors discuss the potential utility of HT in this task. Finally, several gaps in current knowledge regarding this construct are mentioned, and some recommendations for future research are indicated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: juanpablobordab@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Borda Bohigas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Juan O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Daniel F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Garzón
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: María P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Nicolás
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000068337:Armed Conflicts / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008603:Mental Health; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D040921:Stress Disorders, Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Armed conflict; Conflicto armado; Historical trauma; Mental health; Political violence; Salud mental; Trauma histórico; Violencia política