Adjustment Disorder : Causes
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Causes could include:
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life stressors
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Symptoms of adjustment disorder typically begin within three months of the identifiable stressor and usually do not last longer than six months. Adults often develop adjustment disorder related to marital or financial problems. In adolescents, com...
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It is extremely important that a thorough evaluation rule out other more serious mental disorders, since the treatment for adjustment disorder may be very different than for other mental problems. In order to be diagnosed as a true adjustment diso...
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is the basic reference work consulted by mental health professionals, included an important change in its most recent version, the DSM-IV-TR, with regard to the criteria for adjustme...
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Few descriptions of any mental illness specify its cause as precisely as the description of adjustment disorders does. An explicit incident or incidents causing stress for the child is always the precipitant. The cause of the stress seen in adjust...
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