The Neurologist: Clinical & Therapeutics Journal
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Experiencing, witnessing, or being confronted with one or more traumatic events can cause ASD. The events create intense fear, horror, or helplessness. Traumatic events that can cause ASD include: death, a threat of death to oneself or others, a threat of serious injury to oneself or others, a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others. Approximately 6 to 33 percent of people who experience a traumatic event develop ASD. Symptoms include: Intrusion symptoms, Negative mood, Dissociative symptoms, Avoidance symptoms, Arousal symptoms. Treatment options include: a psychiatric evaluation, hospitalization, medication, exposure-based therapies, cognitive behavioral therapy.

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