Retraumatisation
Retraumatisation is called a repetition or re-experiencing a psychological, emotional or mental trauma .
A distinction is made between retraumatisation within everyday life and within the professional handling of traumatized people. The former can be triggered by deliberately or accidentally experiencing trauma of the same kind (e.g. accidents , disasters , rape , sexual abuse ) or by corresponding media reports. Retraumatisation in a professional environment can be caused by police investigations, court hearings and advisory or therapeutic measures, but must be differentiated from therapeutic trauma exposures.
Maercker and Rosner have formulated a definition for possible retraumatisation in a professional advisory or therapy context: “Retraumatisation refers to procedures that only stress the patient emotionally and do not provide lasting relief. In their worst form, they can lead to long-term deterioration due to the traumatized person's lack of emotional stabilization possibilities. In the less serious cases, the trauma will be reactivated, which the affected person is able to cope with himself, but which can lead to a deterioration in the short term. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Maercker (Ed.): Post-traumatic stress disorders. 3rd, completely revised and enlarged edition. Springer, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-88488-0 , p. 16, online here .
