traumatic event
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftraumaticandevent
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traumatic
adjective
uk/trɔːˈmæt.ɪk/us/trɑːˈmæt̬.ɪk/
causing severe and lasting emotional shock ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition oftraumaticandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These studies either focused exclusively on military veterans or assessed personality traits after thetraumaticevent.
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Predicting the development of posttraumatic stress disorder from the acute response to atraumaticevent.
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Patients begin to realize that their view of the world and of themselves has irrevocably changed as a result of thetraumaticevent.
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Finally, people may believe that a particulartraumaticeventoccurred and was repressed when, in fact, it did not happen in the first place.
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Thetraumaticeventper se is thus remembered, but the memory lacks any emotional associations.
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It is unknown if, during atraumaticevent, children reach this stage of processing sooner or more easily than adults.
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One could hypothesize, for instance, that a critical point would be soon after atraumaticevent, before the memory is consolidated.
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As the symptoms in this cluster are defined independently of thetraumaticevent, it suggests cognitive impairments extend beyond those specific to the trauma.
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The person may act or feel as though thetraumaticeventwere recurring, that the sensory experiences were being relived.
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They often display a great reluctance to talk or think about thetraumaticevent.
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Nevertheless, even though questioned relatively directly, she failed to use language to express her memory for thetraumaticevent.
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Although this research has made important contributions, the approach overlooks the fact that people may experience more than onetraumaticeventduring their lifetime.
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Not surprisingly, the first criterion to be met for a diagnosis is experience of atraumaticevent.
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A higher degree of openness might increase the vulnerability to develop stress symptoms following atraumaticevent.
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Pre-trauma assessments of personality might be less strongly associated with post-traumatic stress than personality traits obtained after thetraumaticevent.
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Ideally the initial response should also occur there, as many inner-city youth are reluctant to travel beyond immediate neighbourhood borders, especially after atraumaticevent.
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Confronting atraumaticevent: toward an understanding of inhibition and disease.
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Thus, a singletraumaticeventmight be more accurately recalled because of its uniqueness.
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Furthermore, we have concentrated on those cases in which a clearly identifiable and specifictraumaticeventhas occurred.
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In terms of sheer survival value it may be better to remember thetraumaticeventin order to subsequently avoid, if possible, similar encounters.
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