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adjustment disorder

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adjustment disorder [ə′jəst·mənt dis‚ȯrd·ər]
(psychology)
A category of emotional disorder in which an individual exhibits maladaptive reactions to identifiable life events or circumstances.


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They may be told by someone who lacks expertise they are experiencing an adjustment disorder, and just need more sleep.
Depression can be subdivided into major depression, dysthymic disorder, and adjustment disorder with depressed mood (Conn & Kaye, 2001).
Other standardized patients complained of symptoms of a less serious psychiatric ailment, which is called adjustment disorder with depressed mood.
 
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