Acute Stress Disorder
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Acute stress disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that may occur in patients within four weeks of a traumatic event. Features include anxiety, intense fear or helplessness, dissociative symptoms, reexperiencing the event, and avoidance behaviors.
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Diagnosis: Acute Distress Disorder: Wiki-“Distressed Personality Type
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Symptoms: Suppressing emotional feelings of anger and sorrow even when apporpriate;
Progression: By anticipating negative events, they become more tense and inhibited around others.
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Medications: Both for stress and heart may help.
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YouTube Video – What Is Acute Stress Disorder?
Amazon or Library Book: Master Stress Management
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Support Group: nami.org; 800-950-6264
(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Contact your local Social Security office for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services, Section 12.05
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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- Lower vascular conductance responses to handgrip exercise are improved following acute antioxidant supplementation in young individuals with post-traumatic stress disorderby Jennifer B Weggen on May 7, 2024
Young individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) display peripheral vascular and autonomic nervous system dysfunction, two factors potentially stemming from a redox imbalance. It is currently unclear if these aforementioned factors, observed at rest, alter peripheral haemodynamic responses to exercise in this population. This study examined haemodynamic responses to handgrip exercise in young individuals with PTSD following acute antioxidant (AO) supplementation. Thirteen young...
- Childhood Maltreatment and Amygdala-Mediated Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Following Adult Traumaby Farah Harb on May 7, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Amygdala-precuneus connectivity may be an underlying neural mechanism by which childhood abuse increases risk for anxiety following adult trauma. Specifically, this heightened connectivity may reflect attentional vigilance for threat or a tendency toward negative self-referential thoughts. Findings suggest that childhood abuse may contribute to longstanding upregulation of attentional vigilance circuits, which makes one vulnerable to anxiety-related symptoms in adulthood.
- ACUTE AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF APP-DELIVERED HEARTFULNESS MEDITATION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES AND THE ENDOCANNABINOID SIGNALING SYSTEM IN CYCLIC VOMITING SYNDROMEby Thangam Venkatesan on May 7, 2024
BACKGROUND: Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a disorder of gut brain interaction (DGBI) often triggered by stress. Interventions like meditation may improve psychological outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), but their efficacy and the underlying mechanism are unknown.
- Association of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir with post-acute sequelae and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort studyby Huwen Wang on May 6, 2024
BACKGROUND: Studies have established the short-term efficacy of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in managing COVID-19, yet its effect on post-COVID-19 condition, especially in patients admitted to hospital, remains understudied. This study aimed to examine the effect of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir on post-COVID-19 condition among patients admitted to hospital in Hong Kong.