Actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults
Can be distinguished from ADHD by not showing difficulties in attention or hyperactivity
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Exposure to actual death, injury or sexual violence (direct experience, witness, learning that the event happened to a close family, repeated exposure)
More than 1 month
Heightened activity in the HPA axis
Requires trauma exposure precede the onset of the symptoms
Too much use of dissociation
Acute Stress Disorder
Exposure to trauma (direct experience, witness, learning that event occurred to close fam, repeated exposure)
3 days to 1 month after trauma exposure
If the symptoms persists for more than 1 month and meet the criteria for PTSD, then PTSD will be diagnosed
Adjustment Disorder
Development of emotional or behavior symptoms in response to identifiable stressors occurring within 3 months of the onset of the stressors
If symptoms persist beyond 6 months after the stressor or its consequences have ceased, the diagnosis will no longer apply
May sometimes be diagnosed instead of bereavement if bereavement is judged to be out of proportion to what would be expected or significantly impairs self-care and interpersonal relations
Prolonged Grief Disorder
Death, at least 12 months, of a person close to the bereaved individual (6 months for children)
Focused on loss and separation from a loved one rather than reflecting generalized low mood
