TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 29. Adjustment Disorders
A1  - Salomon, Ronald M.
A1  - Salomon, Lucy
A2  - Ebert, Michael H.
A2  - Loosen, Peter T.
A2  - Nurcombe, Barry
A2  - Leckman, James F.
Y1  - 2008
N1  - 
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e
AB  - The  diagnosis  of  adjustment  disorder  would  seem  relatively  straightforward,  provided  the  clinician  considers  a  wide  range  of  stressors  and  other  Axis  I  diagnoses,  but  it  can  present  a  number  of  pitfalls.  Challenging  diagnostic  situations  can  arise  when  the  stressor  is  subtle,  for  example,  in  a  change  of  a  previously  stable  life  situation  without  any  obvious  stressor.  The  clinician  should  exclude  any  specified  symptom  complex  that  meets  diagnostic  criteria  for  another  Axis  I  disorder  even  if  it  may  be  related  to  a  specific  stressor.  Only  the  other  Axis  I  diagnoses  should  be  recorded  if  its  criteria  are  met.  However,  if  a  discrete  recent  stressor  has  been  identified,  an  adjustment  disorder  diagnosis  may  be  more  appropriate  than,  for  example,  anxiety  disorder  not  otherwise  specified  or  depressive  disorder  not  otherwise  specified.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/24
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3289316
ER  -