Adjustment Disorders
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
An adjustment disorder is an emotional or behavioral reaction to a stressful event or change in a person’s life. The reaction is considered an unhealthy or excessive response to the event or change within three months of it happening.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W002
Diagnosis: Adjustment Disorder
US Patients:
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: 1M-2W;B=G
Age Onset: 3MoAftStress
Brain Area:
Symptoms: depressed mood, anxiety,25%sattempts
Progression: Relatively good, may last 6 months or 25% go to PTSD or Major Depressive Disorder
Causes:
Medications:
Therapies: family support & encouragement
YouTube Video – What is Adjustment Disorder?
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Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Association of 24-h movement behaviors during Covid-19 pandemic with spinal musculoskeletal disorders in undergraduate students: a cross-sectional studyby Gracielle de Jesus Santos on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: Meeting 24-hMG during Covid-19 pandemic were differently associated with spinal MSD, where combination of MVPA and SB shows to be protective against MSD in low back and in spine. However, the determinants of association between meeting SB guideline and higher upper back MSD still needs to be investigated.
- Assessment of ComBat Harmonization Performance on Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measurementsby Emma Tassi on December 20, 2024
Data aggregation across multiple research centers is gaining importance in the context of MRI research, driving diverse high-dimensional datasets to form large-scale heterogeneous sample, increasing statistical power and relevance of machine learning and deep learning algorithm. Site-related effects have been demonstrated to introduce bias in MRI features and confound subsequent analyses. Although Combating Batch (ComBat) technique has been recently reported to successfully harmonize multi-scale...
- Psychogenic fever and neurodevelopmental disorders among Japanese childrenby Ayumi Okada on December 19, 2024
CONCLUSION: Various comorbidities were observed in the patients of this study with psychogenic fever, including the coexistence of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autistic spectrum disorder. Children with neurodevelopmental disorders are prone to psychological stress resulting from difficulties in social adjustment. It is crucial to understand the developmental characteristics and environmental adaptation of patients to facilitate accurate diagnosis and treatment.
- The limited clinical utility of a routine creatine kinase (CK) on admission to a psychiatric inpatient unitby Fraser A M Scott on December 19, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The clinical utility of untargeted screening using a serum CK for psychiatric inpatients appears limited, with poor specificity in detection of NMS and a minimal impact on subsequent clinical management.