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A syndrome involving lowered or dysphoric mood, which occurs in response to a perceived unpleasant experience such as a loss, rejection, or insult to one’s self-concept or self-esteem. The person having the acute disappointment reaction may or may not be fully aware of, or fully able to explain, the issue to which the reaction is in response. Acute disappointment reactions are usually relatively brief – generally lasting at most a week or two – unless the insult to which the response is attached is of a repetitive or continuing nature.
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Siris, S.G. (2010). Acute Disappointment Reaction. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_811
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