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how can we differentiate acute stress disorder and adjustment disorder.

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hm - vvv

perhaps the onset or type of stressor is different;however, i think it has more to do with duration .

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acute stress disorder is anxiety produced by extraordinary life stress,symptons are reexperiencing,hyperarousal,avoidance lasting less than one month.
adjustment disorder is development of behavioural and emotional symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor and they develop within 3 months of exposure to the stressor,and symptoms cause a marked impairment in social functioning

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thanx very much ved