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What are the harmful effects of psychological debriefing for trauma survivors?

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Psychological debriefing is a one-time semi structured conversation with someone who has just experienced a traumatic or stressful event. The goal of psychological debriefing is to decrease the likelihood of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or other psychological problems. However,despite this goal strong research evidence has shown that psychological debriefing has shown that debriefing can be ineffective because it can exacerbate trauma.Studies have shown that people who received psychological debriefing ...

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