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</header> <div class="outer-layout-container"> <main class="layout-content layout-container" > <div class="layout-content-full"> <div> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--grid layout-container--primary-left-rail--single"> <div class="layout-content-main"> <div> <div id="block-pt-content" class="block">     <article data-history-node-id="15561" class="basics-full"> <div class="content-header d-flex reference-header"> <div class="content-header--text"> <h1 class="reference__title section-title">Acute Stress Disorder</h1> <p class="reference__review-info fine-print"> <a href="/gb/docs/editorial-process" class="reference__review-info-link"> <span class="reference__review-info-icon"></span> <span class="reference__review-info-text">Reviewed by Psychology Today Staff</span> </a> </p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="reference__body"> <div class="field-name-body"> <p>Acute <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/stress" title="Psychology Today looks at stress" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">stress</a> disorder can develop following a person’s exposure to one or more <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/trauma" title="Psychology Today looks at traumatic" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">traumatic</a> events. Symptoms may develop after an individual either experiences or witnesses a disturbing event involving a threat of or actual death, serious injury, or physical or <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/sex" title="Psychology Today looks at sexual" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">sexual</a> violation. Symptoms begin or worsen after the trauma occurs and can last from three days to one month. If symptoms persist after one month, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder is given. </p> <p>It is estimated that between 5 and 20 percent of people exposed to a trauma such as a car accident, assault, or a mass shooting develop acute stress disorder; and approximately half of these people go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder.</p> <p>The diagnosis of acute stress disorder was established to identify those individuals who would eventually develop post-traumatic stress disorder. The condition was referred to as "<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder" title="Psychology Today looks at shell shock" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">shell shock</a>" as far back as World War I, based on similarities between the reactions of soldiers who suffered concussions caused by exploding bombs or shells and those who suffered blows to their central nervous systems. More recently, acute stress disorder came to recognize that people might exhibit PTSD-like symptoms for a short period immediately after a trauma.</p> <p>Trauma has both a medical and a <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/psychiatry" title="Psychology Today looks at psychiatric" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">psychiatric</a> definition. Medically, trauma refers to a serious or critical bodily injury, wound, or shock, and trauma medicine is practiced in emergency rooms. In psychiatry, trauma refers to an experience that is emotionally painful, distressful, or shocking, sometimes resulting in lasting mental and physical effects.</p> <p>In general, it is believed that the more direct the exposure to a traumatic event, the higher the risk for mental harm. Thus in a school shooting, for example, the student who is injured will likely be the most severely psychologically affected, and the student who sees a classmate shot or killed is likely to be more affected than the student who was in another part of the school when the violence occurred. Even secondhand exposure to violence can be traumatic. For this reason, all children and adolescents exposed to violence or a disaster, even if only through graphic media reports, should be watched for signs of emotional distress.</p> </div> </div> <div class="table-of-contents border-top"> <h4 class="table-of-contents--title">Contents</h4> <ul> <li class="table-of-contents--item"> <a href="#symptoms"> Symptoms </a> </li> <li class="table-of-contents--item"> <a href="#causes"> Causes </a> </li> <li class="table-of-contents--item"> <a href="#treatment"> Treatment </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="reference__sections"> <div> <div> <div class="section section--separator"> <div id="symptoms" class="section-anchor skip-inline-link-filter"></div> <div class="h2 section-title"> Symptoms </div> <div class="section__body"> <p>Acute <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/stress" title="Psychology Today looks at stress" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">stress</a> disorder is diagnosable when symptoms persist for a minimum of three days and last no more than one month after a <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/trauma" title="Psychology Today looks at traumatic" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">traumatic</a> experience. If symptoms persist after a month, the diagnosis becomes post-traumatic stress disorder.</p> <p>According to the <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/dsm" title="Psychology Today looks at DSM-5" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">DSM-5</a>, acute stress disorder symptoms fall into five categories. <span><span><span><span><span><span>A patient is diagnosed with the disorder when he or she has nine or more symptoms:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>• Intrusion symptoms—involuntary and intrusive distressing memories of the trauma or recurrent distressing <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/dreaming" title="Psychology Today looks at dreams" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">dreams</a></p> <p>• Negative mood symptoms—a persistent inability to experience positive emotions, such as <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/happiness" title="Psychology Today looks at happiness" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">happiness</a> or love</p> <p>• Dissociative symptoms—time slowing, seeing oneself from an outsider's perspective, or being in a daze</p> <p>• Avoidance symptoms—avoidance of memories, thoughts, feelings, people, or places associated with the trauma</p> <p>• Arousal symptoms—difficulty falling or staying asleep, irritable behavior, or problems with <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/attention" title="Psychology Today looks at concentration" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">concentration</a></p> <p>People with acute stress disorder may also experience a great deal of <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/guilt" title="Psychology Today looks at guilt" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">guilt</a> about not having been able to prevent the trauma, or for not being able to move on from the trauma more quickly. Panic attacks are common in the month following a trauma. Children with acute stress disorder may also experience <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/anxiety" title="Psychology Today looks at anxiety" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">anxiety</a> related to their separation from caregivers.</p> </div> <div class="faqs"> <div class="faq faq--1"> <div itemscope itemprop="mainEntity" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"> <div class="faq--title d-flex"> <div itemprop="name" class="h3 faq--question"> What鈥檚 the difference between acute stress disorder and <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder" title="Psychology Today looks at PTSD" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">PTSD</a>? </div> <div class="faq--control-container"> <button class="faq--control"> <div class="faq--control-icon"> <svg width="13px" height="8px" viewBox="0 0 13 8" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">  <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc> <defs></defs> <g id="-small" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Tests---Listing-Page---SM" transform="translate(-490.000000, -597.000000)" fill="#2C2D30"> <g id="Left-col" transform="translate(74.000000, 162.000000)"> <g id="Table" transform="translate(0.000000, 426.000000)"> <polygon id="navigatedown" points="422.310547 16.3125 428.621094 10.0019531 427.62793 9 422.310547 14.3173828 416.993164 9 416 10.0019531"></polygon> </g> </g> </g> </g> </svg> </div> </button> </div> </div> <div itemscope="" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" class="faq--answer"> <div itemprop="text"> <p>Acute stress disorder and PTSD involve the same symptoms following a traumatic event, such as intrusive memories, avoidance, and distress. The difference is that acute stress disorder is diagnosed in the month following a trauma, while PTSD is diagnosed if those symptoms persist after one month. Many people who experience acute stress do not go on to develop PTSD.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="faq faq--2 faq--last"> <div itemscope itemprop="mainEntity" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"> <div class="faq--title d-flex"> <div itemprop="name" class="h3 faq--question"> What are the signs of acute stress disorder? </div> <div class="faq--control-container"> <button class="faq--control"> <div class="faq--control-icon"> <svg width="13px" height="8px" viewBox="0 0 13 8" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">  <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc> <defs></defs> <g id="-small" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Tests---Listing-Page---SM" transform="translate(-490.000000, -597.000000)" fill="#2C2D30"> <g id="Left-col" transform="translate(74.000000, 162.000000)"> <g id="Table" transform="translate(0.000000, 426.000000)"> <polygon id="navigatedown" points="422.310547 16.3125 428.621094 10.0019531 427.62793 9 422.310547 14.3173828 416.993164 9 416 10.0019531"></polygon> </g> </g> </g> </g> </svg> </div> </button> </div> </div> <div itemscope="" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" class="faq--answer"> <div itemprop="text"> <p>Anyone who witnesses a traumatic event is susceptible to acute stress. Signs that you or a loved one may be experiencing acute stress disorder include intrusive memories of the event, avoidance of reminders of the event, flashbacks, nightmares, <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/insomnia" title="Psychology Today looks at insomnia" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">insomnia</a>, physical <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/anger" title="Psychology Today looks at aggression" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">aggression</a>, persistent sadness, inability to concentrate, headaches, stomach pain, and difficulty breathing.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pt-ad pt-ad--300x250 d-block d-none d-md-block d-lg-none block" id="block-ad-subpage-300x250-programmatically-rendered"> <div class="pt-ad--container pt-ad-show-text"> <div class="pt-ad--text"> <span>article continues after advertisement</span> </div> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1404853927369-9" class="pt-ad--content"> <script type="text/javascript"> if (!window.ptAdSlots || window.ptAdSlots.length === 0) { window.ptAdSlots = []; } window.ptAdSlots.push('div-gpt-ad-1404853927369-9') </script> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="section section--separator"> <div id="causes" class="section-anchor skip-inline-link-filter"></div> <div class="h2 section-title"> Causes </div> <div class="section__body"> <p>A person must be exposed to a traumatic event to be at risk for acute stress disorder. It is not clear why only a small proportion of people exposed develop a stress disorder. Individuals may be at greater risk for developing stress disorder if they have previously been diagnosed with a mental disorder, perceive the traumatic event to be very severe, have an avoidant coping style when experiencing distress, or have a history of previous trauma. Women are more likely to develop acute stress disorder than men.</p> <p>The body has a built-in, physiological response to acute stress—the stress response. When a fearful or threatening event is perceived, the body engages an automatic response geared toward either confronting the threat, freezing up, or fleeing the threat (hence the term "fight-flight-freeze response"). The hallmarks of the acute stress response are an almost instantaneous surge in heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, breathing, and metabolism, and a tensing of muscles. Enhanced cardiac output and accelerated metabolism are essential to mobilizing for action.</p> <p>Psychologically, attention is concentrated on the threat. After people experience a trauma, they may be more vigilant for new threats and perceive constant threats in their environment based on assumed danger (due to intrusive memories or dreams, for example), and therefore experience the acute stress response more frequently than before.</p> </div> <div class="faqs"> <div class="faq faq--1"> <div itemscope itemprop="mainEntity" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"> <div class="faq--title d-flex"> <div itemprop="name" class="h3 faq--question"> What traumatic events cause acute stress disorder? </div> <div class="faq--control-container"> <button class="faq--control"> <div class="faq--control-icon"> <svg width="13px" height="8px" viewBox="0 0 13 8" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">  <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc> <defs></defs> <g id="-small" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Tests---Listing-Page---SM" transform="translate(-490.000000, -597.000000)" fill="#2C2D30"> <g id="Left-col" transform="translate(74.000000, 162.000000)"> <g id="Table" transform="translate(0.000000, 426.000000)"> <polygon id="navigatedown" points="422.310547 16.3125 428.621094 10.0019531 427.62793 9 422.310547 14.3173828 416.993164 9 416 10.0019531"></polygon> </g> </g> </g> </g> </svg> </div> </button> </div> </div> <div itemscope="" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" class="faq--answer"> <div itemprop="text"> <p>Traumatic events that may lead to acute stress disorder include exposure to war, threatened or actual violence in the form of a physical attack, shooting, mugging, <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/sexual-abuse" title="Psychology Today looks at sexual assault" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">sexual assault</a>, kidnapping, terrorist attack, or torture, a natural disaster such as an earthquake, hurricane, or fire, and a severe accident such as a car crash, plane crash, or industrial accident, according to the DSM-5.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="faq faq--2 faq--last"> <div itemscope itemprop="mainEntity" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"> <div class="faq--title d-flex"> <div itemprop="name" class="h3 faq--question"> How common is acute stress disorder? </div> <div class="faq--control-container"> <button class="faq--control"> <div class="faq--control-icon"> <svg width="13px" height="8px" viewBox="0 0 13 8" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">  <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc> <defs></defs> <g id="-small" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Tests---Listing-Page---SM" transform="translate(-490.000000, -597.000000)" fill="#2C2D30"> <g id="Left-col" transform="translate(74.000000, 162.000000)"> <g id="Table" transform="translate(0.000000, 426.000000)"> <polygon id="navigatedown" points="422.310547 16.3125 428.621094 10.0019531 427.62793 9 422.310547 14.3173828 416.993164 9 416 10.0019531"></polygon> </g> </g> </g> </g> </svg> </div> </button> </div> </div> <div itemscope="" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" class="faq--answer"> <div itemprop="text"> <p>The prevalence of acute stress disorder varies according to the individual, context, and traumatic experience. According to the DSM-5, the prevalence of acute stress disorder is 20 to 50 percent among survivors of interpersonal traumatic events, such as assaults, rapes, or <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/mass-shootings" title="Psychology Today looks at mass shootings" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">mass shootings</a>. The prevalence is less than 20 percent among those who experienced traumatic events that do not involve interpersonal assaults, such as car accidents, mild <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/traumatic-brain-injury" title="Psychology Today looks at traumatic brain injury" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">traumatic brain injury</a>, or burns.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="section section--separator"> <div id="treatment" class="section-anchor skip-inline-link-filter"></div> <div class="h2 section-title"> Treatment </div> <div class="section__body"> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Seeking help soon after a trauma is key to alleviating distress and beginning to heal. </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy" title="Psychology Today looks at Cognitive behavioral" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">Cognitive behavioral</a> <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/therapy" title="Psychology Today looks at therapy" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">therapy</a> (CBT) is the treatment that has met with the most success in combating acute stress disorder. CBT has two main components. First, it aims to change cognitions or patterns of thought surrounding the traumatic incident. Second, it tries to alter behaviors in anxiety-provoking situations. Cognitive behavioral therapy not only ameliorates the symptoms of acute stress disorder, but also attempts to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.</p> <p>Psychological debriefing and anxiety <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/leadership" title="Psychology Today looks at management" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">management</a> groups have also been examined for the treatment of acute stress disorder. Psychological debriefing involves an intense therapeutic intervention immediately after the trauma so that traumatized individuals can "talk it all out." While some people have found such intervention to be helpful, others have felt re-traumatized by speaking about the situation that originally caused them distress. </p> <p>Psychotropic medications can assist with symptoms of anxiety and high arousal. Additionally, stress-reduction strategies, such as <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/mindfulness" title="Psychology Today looks at mindfulness" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">mindfulness</a> and relaxation techniques, can help people cope with and ultimately reduce symptoms of acute stress disorder, and prevent future occurrences of acute stress disorder.</p> </div> <div class="faqs"> <div class="faq faq--1 faq--last"> <div itemscope itemprop="mainEntity" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"> <div class="faq--title d-flex"> <div itemprop="name" class="h3 faq--question"> What is <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/post-traumatic-growth" title="Psychology Today looks at post-traumatic growth" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">post-traumatic growth</a>? </div> <div class="faq--control-container"> <button class="faq--control"> <div class="faq--control-icon"> <svg width="13px" height="8px" viewBox="0 0 13 8" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">  <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc> <defs></defs> <g id="-small" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Tests---Listing-Page---SM" transform="translate(-490.000000, -597.000000)" fill="#2C2D30"> <g id="Left-col" transform="translate(74.000000, 162.000000)"> <g id="Table" transform="translate(0.000000, 426.000000)"> <polygon id="navigatedown" points="422.310547 16.3125 428.621094 10.0019531 427.62793 9 422.310547 14.3173828 416.993164 9 416 10.0019531"></polygon> </g> </g> </g> </g> </svg> </div> </button> </div> </div> <div itemscope="" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" class="faq--answer"> <div itemprop="text"> <p>Post-traumatic growth refers to the positive changes that some people experience following a traumatic event. Post-traumatic growth does not imply that the trauma itself was positive but rather that some individuals experience both losses as well as gains, such as a renewed appreciation for life, <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/confidence" title="Psychology Today looks at confidence" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">confidence</a> in their ability to persevere, strengthened relationships, and <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/spirituality" title="Psychology Today looks at spiritual" class="basics-link" hreflang="en-GB">spiritual</a> growth.</p> <p><em>For more, see </em><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/post-traumatic-growth"><em>Post-Traumatic Growth.</em></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="reference__citations section--separator"> <h5>References</h5> <div class="citations"> <div class="citation citation--1"> <p><em>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.</em> American Psychiatric Association.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="citation citation--2"> <p>Barlow, D. H. (2004). <em>Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic.</em> Guilford Press.</p> </div> <div class="citation citation--3"> <p>Jones, F. D., Sparacino, L. R., Wilcox, V. L., Rothberg, J. M., & Stokes, J. W. (1995). <em>War psychiatry, textbook of military medicine.</em> Zajtchuk, Bellamy & Jenkins (Eds.), Office of the Surgeon General.</p> </div> <div class="citation citation--4"> <p>National Institute of Mental Health</p> </div> <div class="citation citation--5"> <p>National Center for PTSD</p> </div> <div class="citation citation--6"> <p>Department of Health & Human Services</p> </div> <div class="citation citation--7"> <p>Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress</p> </div> </div> <div class="revision-current">Last updated: 10/15/2021 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <aside class="layout-content-left-rail--first" role="complementary"> <div> <div id="block-conditionsnavigation" class="block index-page-menu"> <article> <div class="h2 index-page-menu--title"> Diagnosis Dictionary </div> <div class="index-page-menu--image hero--image"> <img loading="lazy" 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