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Acute Stress Disorder
Index Anxiety Disorder Flow Chart Acute Stress Disorder is a anxiety disorder that develops within one month after a severe traumatic event or experience. Distressing dissociative symptoms are common in the person with Acute Stress Disorder, including depersonalization, derealization, or dissociative amnesia. These symptoms can effect any sex or age group. Anxiety, irritability, and depression are also common in people who have Acute Stress Disorder. People with Acute Stress Disorder have a diminished ability to experience pleasure. There may be problems falling or staying asleep. A person with Acute Stress Disorder will avoid any reminders of the trauma but re-experiencing the event in dreams, nightmares, or painful memories. ONSET:
Diagnostic Criteria - Mental Health made easy. ALL THE FOLLOWING MUST BE AFTER TRAUMA. SYMPTOMS MUST LAST 2 DAYS TO 4 WEEKS. LONGER THEN 4 WEEKS. Must have been exposed to a traumatic event or experience involving intense fear, horror, or helplessness. The event or experience must involve a threat of death, serious injury, or physical integrity. The event or experience may be to yourself or to others around you. Three or more of the following dissociative symptoms that developed during or after the event or experience:
The event or experience must be re-experienced in at least one of the following:
Avoiding any thing associated with the trauma. Avoiding any thoughts or feelings about the trauma, including not wishing to engage in any conversation about the event or experience. Avoidance of activities, places, persons, or things that set off feelings about the trauma. Must be impairment in important areas of functioning. (E.g., work, social life, ... ) SYMPTOMS MUST LAST 2 DAYS TO 4 WEEKS. IF SYMPTOMS LONGER THEN 4 WEEKS SEE: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ( PTSD. ) Adlerian Therapy Alprazolam Intensol |
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