Acute stress disorder: application to families of head-injured patients.
Families of head-injured patients may respond to the critical nature of the situation with anxiety and cognitive dissociation. This reaction may be classified as an acute stress disorder (ASD). Symptoms may occur 2-28 days after exposure to a traumatic event. Understanding this problem allows nurses to target assessment and interventions that focus on decreasing stress and facilitating coping.
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Daylight Treatment Center, Colonia, New Jersey 07067, USA.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors