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emotional numbing [1 record]

Record 1 2018-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

[A psychological symptom that] consists of [a] disinterest in activities, [a] detachment from others, and a restricted range of emotional expressiveness.

CONT

Emotional numbing is unique among PTSD's [post-traumatic stress disorder] symptom clusters. In contrast to the PTSD symptoms of re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal that focus on negative affect, emotional numbing focuses on (diminished) positive affect ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

Les symptômes [post-traumatiques] sont caractérisés par des reviviscences persistantes de l'événement (cauchemars, flash-back), de l'évitement des éléments associés au trauma (évitement des conversations, des lieux, des situations ou des émotions), un émoussement émotionnel (réduction de l'intérêt général, sentiment de détachement) et un état d'hyperactivation (difficultés de sommeil, irritation, état d'alerte).

Spanish

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