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Abstract
Anxiety disorders manifested by the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is outside the normal range of usual human experience. Symptoms include re-experiencing the traumatic event, increased arousal, and numbing of responsiveness to or reduced involvement with the external world. Traumatic stress disorders can be further classified by the time of onset and the duration of these symptoms.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Stress Disorders, Traumatic
- Stress Disorder, Traumatic
- Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Aspects Covered
31 allowable subheadings
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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Indexing Annotation
STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE is also available
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History Note
2003
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Previous Indexing
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic (1980-2002)
- Stress, Psychological (1965-2002)
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WM 172.5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Traumatic Stress Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D040921. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D040921
- Traumatic Stress Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96077699