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acute stress disorder

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acute stress disorder
n.
Posttraumatic stress disorder that occurs immediately or soon after a traumatic event.


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Consequently, the biggest impact of bioterrorism is psychological, initially in the form of mass panic and later ranging from acute stress disorder, anger, or guilt to posttraumatic stress disorder, phobias, sleep disorders, depression, or substance abuse (DiGiovanni, 1999).
Symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder may be apparent, including a subjective sense of numbing and detachment, a reduction in the awareness of one's surroundings, a sense of derealization and depersonalization, and an inability to recall important aspects of the precipitating circumstances (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994).
If the symptoms appear and subsequently disappear within a 1-month time frame, then acute stress disorder should be investigated.
 
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