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Adjustment disorder is a mental and behavioral disorder defined by a maladaptive response to a psychosocial stressor. [2] The maladaptive response usually involves otherwise normal emotional and behavioral reactions that manifest more intensely than usual (considering contextual and cultural factors), causing marked distress, preoccupation with the stressor and its consequences, and functional ...
This is a list of mental disorders as defined in the DSM-IV, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.Published by the American Psychiatry Association (APA), it was released in May 1994, [1] superseding the DSM-III-R (1987).
Code Name Notes V62.3: Academic problem: V62.4: Acculturation problem: 308.3: Acute stress disorder: 309.xx: Adjustment disorder: 309.9: Adjustment disorder, unspecified
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Adjustment disorder occurs when there is an inability to make a normal adjustment to some need or stress in the environment. [2] Those who are unable to adjust well are more likely to have clinical anxiety or depression, [3] as well as experience feelings of hopelessness, anhedonia, difficulty concentrating, sleeping problems, and reckless ...
However, the World Health Organization's ICD-11 excludes OCD but categorizes PTSD, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), adjustment disorder as stress-related disorders. [ 2 ] Stress is a conscious or unconscious psychological feeling or physical condition resulting from physical or mental 'positive or negative pressure' that ...
Related Adjustment Problems: I. Infancy: Trust vs. mistrust: Mistrust of others II. Early childhood (ages 1–3) Autonomy vs. shame and doubt: Doubt in oneself and mistrust in environment III. Play age (ages 3–5) Initiative vs. guilt: Overdeveloped conscience which prevents independent action; excessive guilt IV. School age (ages 5–10 ...
A 2004 cross-Europe study found that approximately one in four people reported meeting criteria at some point in their life for at least one of the DSM-IV disorders assessed, which included mood disorders (13.9%), anxiety disorders (13.6%), or alcohol disorder (5.2%). Approximately one in ten met the criteria within a 12-month period.