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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.