retraumatize
verbEtymology From re- + traumatize.
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Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences To traumatize again or anew.
- One risk of introducing potent material too fast is that a veteran could become retraumatized and perhaps unwilling to continue other kinds of therapy, as well.2007 August 28, Amanda Schaffer, “Not a Game: Simulation to Lessen War Trauma”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- retraumatization