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NURS 355 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Startle Response

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14 May 2023
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Fl1 exam 2 --acute stress, ptsd and mood disorders. How common is it? (prevalence or incidence rate. Acute stress disorder (asd) and post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) (woman: man is 2:1) Essential features of experience of or witnessing traumatic experience. Initial reaction to an event is fear, helplessness, or horror. Severe reaction immediately following a terrifying event; often includes amnesia about event, emotional numbing, and derealization. Many (about 80%) will later develop posttraumatic stress- Symptoms must develop within one month of the trauma, and persist no more than one. Acute ptsd, chronic ptsd and how do they differ: Ptsd can be diagnosed one month after the symptoms develop. If it continues longer than three months, it is considered chronic. Chronic ptsd is usually associated with more avoidance behaviors and social phobia) Common traumas, including rape, abuse, war, torture, auto accident, natural disaster. Know factors that increase the likelihood of developing ptsd following trauma.

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