acute stress disorder
MONDO:0003763Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names acute stress disorder yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An anxiety disorder precipitated by an experience of intense fear or horror while exposed to a traumatic (especially life-threatening) event. The disorder is characterized by dissociative symptoms; vivid recollections of the traumatic event; avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event; and a constant state of hyperarousal for no more than one month.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0003763), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: acute stress disorder
- Also called
- acute stress reaction