traumatic incident

collocation in English

meaningsoftraumaticandincident

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traumatic
adjective
uk
/trɔːˈmæt.ɪk/us
/trɑːˈmæt̬.ɪk/
causing severe and lasting emotional shock ...
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incident
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
an event that is either unpleasant ...
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(Definition oftraumaticandincidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Immediately following thetraumaticincident, during the period of posttrauma elaboration, a supportive adult can facilitate the child making sense of the traumatic experience.
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That care had been provided to children who had already suffered sometraumaticincidentin their short lives.
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I am told that many of those who survived thetraumaticincidentgave statements to the police, and that was all they heard about it.
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The child must be considered not simply with regard to onetraumaticincident, but in the context of his or her life and experience.
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Even more commonly, there are also characters who stop speaking after atraumaticincident.
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Paranoia can be caused by simple fears, exposition to atraumaticincident, etc.
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For this reason, the initial 60 minutes following atraumaticincidentis often called the critical hour in emergency medicine parlance.
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Furthermore, if there is atraumaticincidentthat is associated to a memory, and that becomes suppressed, the amygdala is responsible for this fear conditioning.
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A pasttraumaticincidentis also alluded to which she claims still haunts her.
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A good person at first but is becomes twisted and evil by atraumaticincidentin the first volume.
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Atraumaticincidentgalvanizes the more moderate friend into action, and the two work together to redress the injustice.
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But once, while acting a scene, she froze up, and thistraumaticincidentcaused her to make it a point to protect herself from others.
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During her second year of high school, she shut herself up due to atraumaticincident, and refused to go to school.
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Atraumaticincidentin his childhood when attempting to cure a fear of dogs merely left him terrified of dogs, lightning and bamboo instead.
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Post-traumatic growth is a positive psychological growth that occurs as a result of atraumaticincident.
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It is well documented that we need to talk about memories of traumatic incidents to be able to cope with and integrate them.
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Following recent traumatic incidents, they have not shown sufficient vigour, clarity of vision or commitment to change to restore confidence in their ability to provide high-quality services.
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Debilitation from this daily stress accumulates making officers more vulnerable to traumatic incidents and normal pressures of life.
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The meter rises after engaging in angry conversations and witnessing/experiencing various traumatic incidents.
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In the course of talking in this way, these symptoms became reduced in severity as she retrieved memories of traumatic incidents associated with their onset.
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