Acute Stress Treatment Scotland

Signs And Symptoms Of Acute Stress

As touched on above, acute stress is diagnosed by a medical professional based on symptoms encountered as a result of a stressful or traumatic event.

Many of the signs and symptoms encountered will be psychological. However, when left untreated, physical and behavioural symptoms gradually emerge.

Below, we have outlined the signs and symptoms you will likely experience if you are struggling with acute stress.

• Flashbacks
• Vivid memories
• Nightmares
• Negative thoughts
• Prolonged bouts of sadness
• Low self-esteem
• Inability to concentrate
• Reduced memory surrounding the traumatic event
• Isolation from others
• Insomnia
• Anxiety
• Irritability
• Mood swings

If you experience any of the above symptoms, we would urge you to call us today to secure dual diagnosis acute stress treatment.

While you may feel anxious and you may be worried about doing so, failure to secure treatment when you need it could see you at risk of developing other psychological disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

Sadly, these psychological disorders will significantly impair the quality of your life and require medical intervention if they are to be managed and overcome.

Addiction and Acute Stress Treatment at Nova Recovery

At Nova Recovery Scotland, we provide personalised addiction and acute stress treatment programmes to individuals from all walks of life that have found their day-to-day life affected by acute stress.

While the acute stress treatment incorporated into our programmes greatly varies, each of our treatments focuses on alleviating the signs and symptoms associated with acute stress and substance abuse.  Furthermore, our dual diagnosis treatment ensures that those progressing through acute stress treatment learn how to cope with and manage the factors and triggers that could cause them to experience acute stress in the future.

Not only does this prevent other psychological disorders from arising, but it ensures that many can successfully overcome the acute stress and drug or alcohol addiction that will have crippled their life.

Below, we have outlined a number of dual diagnosis treatments that are often incorporated into our treatment programmes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy is a highly effective form of acute stress treatment.  Conducted in one-to-one settings, cognitive behavioural therapy is led by our team of psychiatrists and mental health nurse therapists to help individuals deal with stress.

If you are offered cognitive behavioural therapy upon attending our rehab centre, techniques such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation will be employed.

These techniques will help you understand what has caused acute stress to impair your life and lead to addiction.  These techniques will also help you develop coping strategies, which, as touched on above, will help you successfully overcome your acute stress disorder.

Well-Being Therapy

While cognitive behavioural therapy has helped many overcome their acute stress disorders, well-being therapy is also incorporated into our treatment programmes for stress and addiction.

Unbeknown to many, well-being therapy sees individuals encouraged to participate in yoga, meditation, group walks and fitness activities.

Although you may question whether well-being therapy is necessary, we would ask you to bear in mind that 62% of adults who experience stress state that exercise and well-being therapy are beneficial when considering how they manage stress.

Medication

If deemed necessary upon conducting your clinical assessment, our medical team may also prescribe antidepressants and prescription medications to help with addiction. While you may not like the thought of taking medication, antidepressants will help reduce the acute stress disorder symptoms you experience.