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Acute Stress Disorder
An anxiety disorder that causes flashbacks, causes bad dreams, causes frightening thoughts, causes avoidance or causes hyperarousal of PTSD occurring within one month of a traumatic experience as Acute Stress Disorder or
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Overview
An anxiety disorder that causes flashbacks, causes bad dreams, causes frightening thoughts, causes avoidance or causes hyperarousal of PTSD occurring within one month of a traumatic experience as Acute Stress Disorder or
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