Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• It develops after severe psychological or physical trauma.
• The traumatic event is experienced over and over again with thoughts.
• Dreaming of the event and sleep disturbances are common.
• The behavior of avoiding the factors that remind the event develops.
• Diagnosis is made AFTER 1 MONTHS after trauma.
• If a month has not passed yet, the diagnosis is acute stress disorder in the same symptoms.
• Psychotherapy, antidepressants, sedatives, muscle relaxants and hypnotic drugs are used in the treatment.
• There is an attention disorder.
Acute Stress Disorder
• Similar to post-traumatic stress disorder.
• It takes 2 days-4 weeks.
• Antidepressant medication is not started as it may enter spontaneous remission.