BACKGROUND This study was designed to examine the relationship between urinary hormone levels collected upon admission to the trauma unit following a motor vehicle accident and posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology 1 month later. METHODS Fifteen-hour urine samples were collected from 63 male and 36 female motor vehicle accident victims and were used to assess levels of catecholamines a...

Aim: Our study aimed to assess and prevent acute stress disorder in women with pregnancy loss.
 
 Materials And Methods: Pregnant presenting the Department of Obstetrics Gynecology at level 2 centers between March 2019 2021 were included study. Women loss fewer than 21 weeks assigned "pregnancy group" healthy pregnancies "control group." Participants asked complete a questionnaire. Th...

It is nearly 20 years since DSM-IV introduced the diagnosis of acute stress disorder (ASD). At the time there was relatively little research substantiating the role or definition of diagnosis, but its introduction promoted an unprecedented amount of research into acute stress reactions after trauma. As we approach the introduction of DSM-5, it is timely to review what we now know about acute tr...

background : patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. this study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders.   methods: a randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 pa...

Cognitive bias was investigated in survivors of motor vehicle accidents with either acute stress disorder (ASD; n = 17) or no ASD (n = 17). Participants completed the acute stress disorder interview, the Beck depression inventory, the Beck anxiety inventory, the impact of event scale, and a probability questionnaire (PQ) and a cost questionnaire (CQ) within four weeks of their accident. ASD par...

Background: Overwhelming life experiences can trigger stress disorders including acute stress disorder (ASD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of and predictive factors for ASD and PTSD in snakebite victims. Methods: In this study, snakebite victims who were admitted to Mashhad Medical Toxicology Centre, Imam Reza Hospital, I...

introduction:this study examined the effects of administration of subcutaneous β-estradiol on ptsd-like symptoms (the enhanced conditioned fear response, cfr) that induced by a single-prolonged stress (sps) and shock in rats. adult male wistar rats were exposed to sps procedure: restraint for 2 h, forced swim for 20 min, and ether anesthesia. then the rats were placed in fear conditioning syste...

introduction: vulnerability has an important role in ptsd, which can be either genetic or acquisitive. according to research, the disorder coexists simultaneously with at least another psychiatric disorder and can be a disorder comorbid with a predictive factor, which influences the process from afflicting to medication. this study was performed to determine ptsd accompanying disorders in the p...