Acute stress disorder or acute stress reaction is a psychological condition that occurs in response to an extremely traumatic stressor. This usually last a minimum of 2 days to a maximum of 4 weeks and must occur within 4 weeks of the trauma. If symptoms are present for longer than 4 weeks the diagnosis is changed to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Symptoms experienced are similar to PTSD and include numbness or detachment and decreased or absent emotional responsiveness. Derealization, depersonalization and inability to recall the traumatic event.
When Col. John Jacob Astor IV went down on the Titanic, at age 48, he left behind a pregnant widow, Madeleine Force Astor, who was 19 years old; a daughter, Alice who was ten, and his son Vincent who was just turning 21.
How many people survived the Titanic ? The death toll of people aboard Titanic who perished in the sea and in lifeboats is put between 1,490 and 1,635 people. The number of casualities do not stand clear because of a confusion over how many people actually boarded the ship, as there were some last minute cancelations also. But officially, the figure of people on-board Titanic is 2224 with 1,514 people dead and 710 people as survivors of Titanic.