Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Anxiety disorders manifested by the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is outside the normal range of usual human experience. Symptoms include re-experiencing the traumatic event, increased arousal, and numbing of responsiveness to or reduced involvement with the external world. Traumatic stress disorders can be further classified by the time of onset and the duration of these symptoms.

Year introduced: 2003

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Tree Number(s): F03.950.750

MeSH Unique ID: D040921

Entry Terms:

• Stress Disorder, Traumatic
• Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Traumatic Stress Disorders

Previous Indexing:

• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic (1980-2002)
• Stress, Psychological (1965-2002)

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Mental Disorders
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Battered Child Syndrome
Combat Disorders
Psychological Trauma
Historical Trauma
Sexual Trauma
Military Sexual Trauma
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute