Tag: adjustment disorders

  • Prevalence, Causes, Diagnostic Criteria and Features of Adjustment Disorders

    Prevalence, Causes, Diagnostic Criteria and Features of Adjustment Disorders

    Adjustment disorder is defined as a maladaptive emotional and/or behavioral reaction to an identified psychosocial stressor, encompassing people who struggle to adjust after a stressful event on a scale disproportionate to the amount or degree of the stressor. The symptoms are distinguished by stress responses inconsistent with socially or culturally anticipated reactions to the stressor and/or produce…