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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is an anxiety disorder that may develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event.
Re-experiencing the event, attempting to avoid stimuli that may lead to recollections, and hyperarousal are the three main criteria for this disorder.
This syndrome may begin at anytime after the trauma
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one question, was this syndrome associated with more than 1 month of symptoms but less than 6 months_¿?
please correct me if im wrong...
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PTSD often follows acute stress disorder which last up to 2-4 weeks.
PTSD lasts >1 month
i didnt find if it last less than 6 months..
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ok. so maybe im right about more than 1 month...
i got confused with the 6 months thing. :O)
Thanks.
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yes lumbarpuncture is right..
less than 1 month- acute stress disorder...
greater than 1month- PTSD
joannitam, that six months thing is associated with adjustment disd. with anxiety and depressed mood... this also follows a trauma, but doesnt have criteria of PTSD and should not last more than 6 months.
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I agree with Efi
I heard somewhere , after war , solders still remember helicoters whenever he sits below fan
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yes, efi is correct.
If symptoms last for 1 month- Acute stress disorder.
But if they last more than month, diagnosis is shifted to PTSD. time limit is not given for this.
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just to revise... dysthymic need 2 years symptoms to diagnose and 2weeks for major depressive disorder.
