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Adjustment Disorder

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  1. Epidemiology
    1. Accounts for 5% of mental health visits in U.S.
  2. Types
    1. Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
    2. Adjustment Disorder with anxiety
    3. Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depression
    4. Adjustment Disorder with Disturbance of Conduct
    5. Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Emotions and Conduct
    6. Adjustment Disorder not otherwise specified
  3. Diagnosis
    1. Reaction to stressful event or situation
      1. Emotional response
        1. Depressed mood
        2. Anxiety Disorder
      2. Conduct response
        1. Truancy
        2. Vandalism
        3. Reckless driving
        4. Fighting
      3. Miscellaneous responses
        1. Withdrawal or inhibition
        2. Somatic symptoms (Abdominal Pain, Headaches)
    2. Follows stressor within 3 months
    3. Duration
      1. Acute: <6 months
      2. Chronic: >6 months

Adjustment Disorders (C0001546)

Definition (MSH)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.
ConceptsMental or Behavioral Dysfunction (T048)
MSHD000275
EnglishADJUSTMENT DIS, Adjustment Disorder, Adjustment Disorders, Brief situational non-psychotic disorder, REACTIVE DIS, Reactive Disorder, Reactive Disorders
Spanishperturbacion circunstancial aguda, perturbacion circunstancial transitoria, reaccion de adaptacion, reaccion de ajustamiento, trastorno adaptativo, trastorno de adaptacion, trastorno no psicotico situacional breve, trastorno situacional breve no psicotico
Parent ConceptsMental disorders (C0004936), cancer-related problem/condition (C0280950), Ambiguous concept (C1274012), Erroneous concept (C1274015), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesAOD, COSTAR, MSH, MTH, NDFRT, PDQ, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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