Acute Stress Disorder After Burn Injury: A Predictor of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?

Early intervention for post‐traumatic stress disorder

“…A series of prospective studies of adults have prospectively assessed the relationship between ASD in the initial month after trauma, and development of subsequent PTSD 28–39 . In terms of people who meet criteria for ASD, a number of studies have found that approximately three quarters of trauma survivors who display ASD subsequently develop PTSD 28–32 . Compared with the expected remission of most people who display initial post‐traumatic stress reactions, these studies indicate that the ASD diagnosis is performing reasonably well in predicting people who will develop PTSD.…”

“…[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] In terms of people who meet criteria for ASD, a number of studies have found that approximately three quarters of trauma survivors who display ASD subsequently develop PTSD. [28][29][30][31][32] Compared with the expected remission of most people who display initial post-traumatic stress reactions, these studies indicate that the ASD diagnosis is performing reasonably well in predicting people who will develop PTSD. The predictive utility of the ASD diagnosis is less encouraging when one considers the proportion of people who eventually developed PTSD and who initially displayed ASD.…”

Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability

“…Both acute stress disorder (ASD) at one month (19%) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at six months (36%) are quite common among adults with recent burns (Difede et al, 2002;Fauerbach et al, 1997;Powers, Cruse, Daniels, & Stevens, 1994) and children (Armstrong, Gay, & Levy, 1994;Saxe et al, 1994;Stoddard, Norman, Murphy, & Beardslee, 1989;Tarnowski, Rasnake, Gavaghan-Jones, & Smith, 1991). Both acute stress disorder (ASD) at one month (19%) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at six months (36%) are quite common among adults with recent burns (Difede et al, 2002;Fauerbach et al, 1997;Powers, Cruse, Daniels, & Stevens, 1994) and children (Armstrong, Gay, & Levy, 1994;Saxe et al, 1994;Stoddard, Norman, Murphy, & Beardslee, 1989;Tarnowski, Rasnake, Gavaghan-Jones, & Smith, 1991).…”

Psychological Knowledge in Court

“…Two studies, however, have examined narcotic analgesia administration in the acute setting and found that there was no significant difference in reported dissociative symptoms between those taking or not taking narcotics (O'Donnell et al, 2004b) or in the relationship between dissociation and the amount of narcotics received in the 2 weeks prior to the assessment (Difede et al, 2002). Of particular note is the presence of narcotic analgesia that may be taken for many months following the injury.…”