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emotional numbing: a standalone construct

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emotionalnumbing1 CONSTRUCTEmotional numbingLITZ · CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Clinical psychology

a reduced capacity to feel or express emotions, especially positive ones, seen after trauma as part of PTSD.

In clinical psychology, emotional numbing refers to a reduced capacity to feel or express emotions, especially positive ones, seen after trauma as part of PTSD. This meaning comes from Litz (2002) in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.[1]

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  1. Litz, B. T., & Gray, M. J. (2002). Emotional Numbing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Current and Future Research Directions. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36(2), 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01002.x

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