Acute stress disorder is a mental health condition that can develop after a traumatic event. It is characterized by intense, short-term symptoms that typically appear within one month of the trauma.
Acute stress disorder symptoms fall into five categories:
An adjustment disorder involves emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor, such as a job loss, a move, a relationship ending, or a career transition. Symptoms begin within three months of the stressor, are more intense than expected or interfere with daily life, and do not meet the criteria for another mental health condition. They usually ease within six months after the stressor or its consequences end.
Treatment for acute stress disorder and adjustment disorders typically involves:
Early care may help lower the risk that acute stress symptoms persist or develop into PTSD. Treatment and support can help people manage their symptoms and work through what happened.
Mind Spa treats acute stress and adjustment with trauma-informed talk therapy, stress management, short-term medication management where it helps, and, in select cases, ketamine infusion therapy used off-label, which may ease severe symptoms for some patients. Our clinicians work with veterans, first responders, and adults from every walk of life.
IV ketamine is used off-label for acute stress and is not FDA-approved for this use. Individual results vary and are not guaranteed.
Mind Spa is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. Veterans can dial 988 and press 1.
Mind Spa is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, at 5340 S. Quebec St., Suite 230S, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Call 303-327-0350 or complete the new patient paperwork to get started.
