Exposure Therapy Effective To Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The progression from acute stress disorder to post-traumatic stressdisorder may be prevented by exposure-based therapy, in which traumasurvivors are guided to relive a troubling event. These reults werepublished in an article released on June 2, 2008 in the Archivesof General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Acute stress disorder, sometimes called shock, involves the developmentof a strong stress response after a traumatic event.

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