Psychiatry and Psychology

Adjustment Disorders

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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Abstract

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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21 entry terms
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Reactive Disorders
  • Disorder, Adjustment
  • Disorder, Reactive
  • Disorders, Adjustment
  • Disorders, Reactive
  • Reactive Disorder
  • Anniversary Reaction
  • Depression, Reactive
  • Transient Situational Disturbance
  • Anniversary Reactions
  • Depressions, Reactive
  • Disturbance, Transient Situational
  • Disturbances, Transient Situational
  • Reaction, Anniversary
  • Reactions, Anniversary
  • Reactive Depression
  • Reactive Depressions
  • Situational Disturbance, Transient
  • Situational Disturbances, Transient
  • Transient Situational Disturbances

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

81; was DEPRESSION, REACTIVE 1966-80 (Prov 1966-68)

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  1. F03w.950.500w

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WM 172.6

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adjustment Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000275. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000275
  2. Adjustment Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_disorder
  3. Adjustment Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317158