Adjustment disorders can occur in response to one or multiple stressors like marriage, divorce, financial problems, or relocating. They develop within 3 months of the stressor and end within 6 months after the stressor ends. Adjustment disorders cause significant distress or impairment and have several subtypes depending on whether depressed mood, anxiety, or mixed features are present.
Adjustment disorders can occur in response to one or multiple stressors like marriage, divorce, financial problems, or relocating. They develop within 3 months of the stressor and end within 6 months after the stressor ends. Adjustment disorders cause significant distress or impairment and have several subtypes depending on whether depressed mood, anxiety, or mixed features are present.
Adjustment disorders can occur in response to one or multiple stressors like marriage, divorce, financial problems, or relocating. They develop within 3 months of the stressor and end within 6 months after the stressor ends. Adjustment disorders cause significant distress or impairment and have several subtypes depending on whether depressed mood, anxiety, or mixed features are present.
Adjustment disorders can occur in response to one or multiple stressors like marriage, divorce, financial problems, or relocating. They develop within 3 months of the stressor and end within 6 months after the stressor ends. Adjustment disorders cause significant distress or impairment and have several subtypes depending on whether depressed mood, anxiety, or mixed features are present.
• May happen once or repeatedly • “relatively” commonplace events can be a stressor for someone • Getting married, divorced, moving, financial problems common • Found in all age groups • Found in all cultures • Kids too • Starts within 3 months of stressor’s onset Features • Ends within 6 months of stressor’s end • Distress or Disability • Look at all other options • With Depressed Mood • With Anxiety • With mixed anxiety and depressed mood Coding • With disturbance of conduct • With mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct • unspecified