PSYCH 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 53: Acute Stress Reaction
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Nearly identical to ptsd, but lasts less than 1 month (but more than 3 days) Must have 9 symptoms from any of 5 categories: 6. 8% of u. s. population have experienced ptsd at some point. Across u. s. , 61% of adults experienced traumatic stressor. 90% had suffered a trauma, 9% developed ptsd. Children are especially vulnerable (20 - 40% ptsd post- trauma) 22% of responding firefighters to hurricane katrina had. But emergency workers are less than half as susceptible as victims, likely due to hardiness. 10 - 12. 5% of women have been raped at least once in lifetime. Those victimized in youth are more likely to be assaulted as adults. Teen victims are 4. 4x more likely to be assaulted 1st year of college. Most victims show ptsd and depression symptoms, commonly including self-blame behaviors. Acquaintance rapes are not reported to authorities. Experiencing trauma is the main cause of ptsd.
