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Adjustment disorder - Symptom

Symptoms:

For a diagnosis of adjustment disorder, a person's symptoms must be severe enough to affect his or her work or social life. Some of the symptoms include:

Symptoms of adjustment disorder typically begin within 3 months of the stressor, and usually do not last longer than 6 months.

Signs and tests:

The following criteria need to be met to establish a diagnosis:

  • The symptoms clearly follow a stressor
  • The symptoms are more severe than would be expected
  • There do not appear to be other underlying disorders
  • Reviewed last on: 12/15/2008
  • Linda Vorvick, MD, Family Physician, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Timothy A. Rogge, MD, private practice in Psychiatry, Kirkland, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Katon W, Geyman JP. Anxiety disorders. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 57.

Rund DA, Vary MG. Mood disorders. In: Marx J, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Mosby Elsevier;2006:chap 109.

Privitera MR, Lyness JM. Depression. In: Duthie EH, Katz PR, Malone ML, eds. Practice of Geriatrics. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 27.

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