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Abstract
A class of traumatic stress disorders that is characterized by the significant dissociative states seen immediately after overwhelming trauma. By definition it cannot last longer than 1 month, if it persists, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC) is more appropriate.
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- Acute Stress Disorders
- Stress Disorders, Acute
- Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Stress Disorder, Acute
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC is also available
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History Note
2003
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Previous Indexing
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic (1995-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Traumatic Acute Stress Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D040701. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D040701
- Traumatic Acute Stress Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_stress_reaction
- Traumatic Acute Stress Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424221