Abstract: Abstract Acute stress disorder ( ASD ) first appeared in the DSM‐IV as a diagnosis describing acute stress reactions occurring within a month following exposure to trauma. In response to accumulating evidence, DSM ‐5 no longer places the same emphasis on dissociative symptoms, and does not require a specific number of any cluster of symptoms for a diagnosis of ASD . Instead, it requires the presence of 9 of any of 14 potential symptoms of ASD , and prohibits the diagnosis until 3 days have elapsed post trauma. Although ASD predicts the onset of posttraumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), relative to trauma‐exposed people who do not develop ASD , most individuals with PTSD do not meet ASD diagnostic criteria prior to the diagnosis of PTSD . Accordingly, the DSM ‐5 diagnosis of ASD intends to describe severe acute reactions rather than predict subsequent PTSD . Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces the rate of subsequent PTSD in individuals with ASD .
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-23
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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