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Acute medical conditions are Illnesses that last a short time.

Acute pain refers to the normal, predicted physiological response to a noxious chemical, thermal or mechanical stimulus and typically is associated with invasive procedures, trauma and disease.

Acute pain refers to short-term pain that usually results from a specific injury.

Acute phase refers to the first stage of the rape trauma syndrome, in which a victim often feels shock, fear, anger, or other related feelings.

Acute stress disorder (ASD) refers to a new category of mental disorder in DSM-IV that is defined as a reaction occurring within 4 weeks following a traumatic experience and is characterized by dissociative symptoms, reexperiencing, avoidance, and marked anxiety or arousal.

Acute Stress Disorder refers to a disorder similar to posttraumatic stress disorder but occurs within one (1) month of exposure to the stressor and does not last more than four (4) weeks. Acute Stress Disorder usually involves dissociative symptoms

Acute Stress paradigm refers to a laboratory procedure whereby an individual goes through moderately stressful procedures, such as counting backwards rapidly by 7s), so that stress-related c

Acute stressors refer to threatening events that have a relatively short duration and a clear end point.