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Clinical psychology

a feeling of internal dirtiness or pollution that arises without physical contact with a contaminant, often from memories, images, or violation.

In clinical psychology, mental contamination refers to a feeling of internal dirtiness or pollution that arises without physical contact with a contaminant, often from memories, images, or violation. This meaning comes from Rachman (1994) in Behaviour Research and Therapy.[1]

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Rachman, S. (1994). Pollution of the mind. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32(3), 311-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(94)90127-9

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