Acute Stress Disorder
The symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder are similar to PTSD, but are of significantly shorter duration.
- The person has been exposed to a traumatic event that involved the
possibility of death or serious injury and experienced a feeling of
intense helplessness, fear, or horror
- The person suffers from symptoms such as those listed above under PTSD
- The disturbance lasts for at least 2 days but not longer than 4 weeks after the traumatic event
The prevalence of Acute Stress Disorder in the US population is not known.
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