Post traumatic stress syndrome
Post traumatic stress syndrome occurs as a postponed reaction to stressful event or situation of an extremely menacing or disastrous character that generates powerful feelings of fear, vulnerability, and terror. Post traumatic stress syndrome is also described under the names of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic neurosis. The signs and symptoms of post traumatic stress syndrome...
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Doctors describe adjustment disorder as the distress against the background of emotions of disturbing lines that hamper the social activities and occur in the period of adaptation to considerable life change or stressful circumstances. In adjustment disorder the stressor affects the reliability of social support and values or is the sign of extremely important change in life. Among the...
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Acute stress reaction is a transient disorder of considerable gravity which develops in an individual without any mental disorder as a result of extraordinary stress and which declines within several hours or days. In acute stress reaction the stressful factors represent an overpowering traumatic occurrence relating to severe menace to the safety or health of the individual. Stress in...
Read MoreObsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder is a kind of mental disorder in which the patient suffers from obsessions and compulsions. In obsessive compulsive disorder obsessive thoughts or compulsive acts may occur separately, or may emerge in succession. The synonyms of obsessive compulsive disorder are obsessive-compulsive a neurosis, obsessive neurosis, and anancastic neurosis. The interrelation with...
Read MoreGeneralized anxiety disorder and reaction to stress
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and reaction to stress is the problem of considerable concern for doctors and their patients. The case is that generalized anxiety disorder and reaction to stress often reveal themselves together and may certainly influence upon each other. Among the sad consequences of this association are sleep disturbances that are characteristic for generalized anxiety...
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The characteristic feature of generalized anxiety disorder is the fact that it is not limited by any particular exterior circumstances and scientists say that it is a “free-floating” condition. The main symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder include complaints of constant uneasiness, worry, trembling, muscular tension and strain, sweating, dizziness, faintness, palpitations, and...
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