Acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: a review

Acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder refer to mental disorders when suffering egregious and strong traumatic events caused by earthquake, fire and so on. If the intervention is not timely, it will bring severe pain of body and mind to patients as well as serious economic losses to society. This article summarized related theses at home and abroad to deepen the understanding of health care providers to this disease, improve the life quality of patients, reduce economic losses so as to provide instructional significance for clinical medical workers and patients. Key words: Review; Stress disorders, traumatic, acute; Stress disorders, post-traumatic; Psychological nursing