Chapter 5 - Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)»Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)»Acute stress reaction (F43.0)
F43.0
Acute stress reaction
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute11 drugs (10 approved, 1 experimental)
A class of traumatic stress disorders that is characterized by the significant dissociative states seen immediately after overwhelming trauma. By definition it cannot last longer than 1 month, if it persists, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC) is more appropriate.