PTS does not disrupt general functioning. In addition there will be avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma. Similar etiology, symptoms and course as PTSD, but of limited duration - 2 days to 4 weeks. Examples include hostages, prisoners of war, concentration camp survivors and survivors of some religious cults. Examples also include those subjected to totalitarian systems in sexual and domestic life, including survivors of domestic battering, childhood physical or sexual abuse, and organized sexual exploitation.
Isolation appears to be an important element.
A psychological state whereby the memory of an event is divided into individual parts which are not wholly, or partially accessible to consciousness at any one time. W.H. Freeman and Company, 1977. J rgensen, Steen, Cand. 23, No. 2, September 1992.