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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SAMSHA (US Government, Mental Health &Substance Abuse) National Helpline 1-800-662-4357
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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.
- Anticipatory postural adjustment deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder during a self-induced prehension task while standing on one legby Ludvík Valtr on November 2, 2024
Effective postural control is essential for motor skill development, yet the specific nature of anticipatory control in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) remains poorly understood for complex or dynamic stability tasks. This study investigated anticipatory postural adjustments (APA) during a self-initiated dynamic stability task. The Can Placement Task (CPT)-a self-initiated dynamic stability task-was performed by 23 children with DCD and 30 typically developing (TD)...
- Risk factors and evolution of weight loss in Parkinson's disease: A 9-year population-based studyby Ida Kristiansen on November 1, 2024
CONCLUSION: The risk of weight loss is more than doubled in the general PD population and associated with both disease-related features and drug-related complications. This suggests a multifactorial nature of weight loss in PD, which is important to consider in research and clinical practice.
- Adiponectin and Risk of Psoriasis: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Studies in up to 900 000 Individualsby Maria B Nielsen on October 31, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Low plasma adiponectin is associated with increased risk of psoriasis in age- and sex-adjusted observational analyses; however, this was not the case after adjustment for obesity measures or in causal genetic analyses.
- Healing grief: Insights from relatives of cancer patients with prolonged grief. The FamiLife multicenter qualitative studyby Cécile Flahault on October 31, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed how bereaved relatives experienced the help provided by the healthcare teams, their representations, and what could be improved. These findings could be used to design intervention studies.