psychic trauma vs mental state

psychic trauma and mental state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychic trauma	Yes	No	No	No
mental state	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental state is a hypernym of psychic trauma; that is, mental state is a word with a broader meaning than psychic trauma:

psychic trauma: an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
mental state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic

Other hypernyms of psychic trauma include mental condition, psychological condition, psychological state.

psychic trauma (noun)	mental state (noun)
an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects	(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic