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Acute stress reaction leading to psychosis, what happened?
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Sounds serious: Psychosis means break with reality. If this is what happened, it is a serious symptom which should be addressed whether it is due to the stressful event or another underlying condition.
Answered 8/15/2020
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Acute psychiatric: reaction might occur if the person's mental defenses were really overwhelmed.
Answered 8/7/2014
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