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Stress Disorders, Traumatic MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Tree Number(s)
F03.950.750
Unique ID
D040921
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D040921
Annotation
STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE is also available
Scope Note
Anxiety disorders manifested by the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is outside the normal range of usual human experience. Symptoms include re-experiencing the traumatic event, increased arousal, and numbing of responsiveness to or reduced involvement with the external world. Traumatic stress disorders can be further classified by the time of onset and the duration of these symptoms.
Entry Version
TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS
NLM Classification #
WM 172.5
Previous Indexing
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic (1980-2002)
Stress, Psychological (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note
2003
History Note
2003
Date Introduced
2003/01/01
Last Updated
2021/06/30
Stress Disorders, Traumatic Preferred
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