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Tests List

Tests could include:
  • Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview

Tests Overview Articles

Acute Stress Disorder
Diagnosis of acute stress disorder is based on a combination of the patient's history and a physical examination to rule out diseases that can cause anxiety. The essential feature is a traumatic event within one month of the onset of symptoms. Oth...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Acute stress disorder
ASD symptoms develop within a month after the traumatic event; it is still unknown, however, why some trauma survivors develop symptoms more rapidly than others. Delayed symptoms are often triggered by a situation that resembles the original traum...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Specific Tests Articles

Physical examination
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body) Palpation (feeling the body with hands) Auscultation (listening to sounds) Percussion (producing sounds)
Source:ADAM
Date:January 22, 2007
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