What is Adjustment Disorder?

What is Adjustment Disorder?

• Adjustment Disorder: This is a maladaptive reaction to identifiable stress.
• Adjustment Disorder: Maladaptive reactions to identifiable psychosocial stressors occurring within a short time after onset of the stressor. They are manifested by either impairment in social or occupational functioning or by symptoms (depression, anxiety, etc.) that are in excess of a normal and expected reaction to the stressor.
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Adjustment Disorder: Introduction

Types of Adjustment Disorder:

Broader types of Adjustment Disorder:

• Mental illness
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What are the symptoms of Adjustment Disorder?

Symptoms of Adjustment Disorder: see symptoms of Adjustment Disorder

Adjustment Disorder: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Adjustment Disorder.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Adjustment Disorder: see treatments for Adjustment Disorder
Research for Adjustment Disorder: see research for Adjustment Disorder

Society issues for Adjustment Disorder

Hospitalization statistics for Adjustment Disorder: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Adjustment Disorder:

• 0.05% (6,290) of hospital consultant episodes were for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 80% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 18.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Adjustment Disorder

Main name of condition: Adjustment Disorder

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Adjustment Disorder:

• Depression
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