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primal scream therapy
noun
Definition of PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY
: psychotherapy in which the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience usually occurring early in life and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria, or violence —called also primal therapy
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First Known Use of PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY
1971
Medical Dictionary
primal scream therapy
noun \-ˈskrēm-\
Medical Definition of PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY
: psychotherapy in which the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience usually occurring early in life and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria, or violence—called also primal scream, primal therapy
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