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Post-Traumatice Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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What is Acute Traumatic Stress?

Acute traumatic stress is caused by an individual's subjective experience of an extreme traumatic event which can lead to extreme stress that inhibits a person's ability to cope. There is no clear division between stress and trauma. However, we know that stress can lead to trauma, which leads to adaptation, or may develop into PTSD.1

• Trauma is defined as a terrifying event that a person experiences, witnesses or learns about in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. 1
• The traumatic event causes the person to feel intense fear, terror or a sense of helplessness. 1
• Acute traumatic stress is experienced by anyone witnessing a traumatic event or violence. 1

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