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Acute stress disorder risk factors

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of acute stress disorder are temperamental, environment, and genetic and physiological.[1][2][3][4][5]

Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Risk factors for acute stress disorder include the following:[1][2][3][4][5]

Risk factors Description
Temperamental
  • Prior mental disorder
  • High levels of negative affectivity (neuroticism)
  • Greater perceived severity of the traumatic event
  • An avoidant coping style
  • Catastrophic appraisals of the traumatic experience, often characterized by exaggerated assessment of future harm, guilt, or hopelessness, are strongly predictive of acute stress disorder
Environment
  • History of prior trauma
  • Absent social support
Genetic and physiological
  • Females are at greater risk for developing acute stress disorder
  • Elevated reactivity, as reflected by acoustic startle response, prior to trauma exposure increases the risk for developing acute stress disorder
References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harvey AG, Bryant RA (1999). “Predictors of acute stress following motor vehicle accidents”. J Trauma Stress. 12 (3): 519–25. doi:10.1023/A:1024723205259. PMID 10467559.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harvey AG, Bryant RA (1998). “Predictors of acute stress following mild traumatic brain injury”. Brain Inj. 12 (2): 147–54. PMID 9492962.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barton KA, Blanchard EB, Hickling EJ (1996). “Antecedents and consequences of acute stress disorder among motor vehicle accident victims”. Behav Res Ther. 34 (10): 805–13. PMID 8952123.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Guthrie RM, Bryant RA (2005). “Auditory startle response in firefighters before and after trauma exposure”. Am J Psychiatry. 162 (2): 283–90. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.283. PMID 15677592.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Blatchley FR, Donovan BT (1976). “Progesterone secretion during pregnancy and pseudopregnancy in the ferret”. J Reprod Fertil. 46 (2): 455–6. PMID 1255579.

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