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Abreaction  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • A process in psychotherapy in which the patient is "desensitized" to emotionally painful, often forgotten (repressed) memories by recalling and reacting to them in the "safety" of the treatment setting.

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  • 68

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000035

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