RT Book, Section
A1 Salomon, Ronald M.
A2 Ebert, Michael H.
A2 Leckman, James F.
A2 Petrakis, Ismene L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1158262127
T1 Adjustment Disorders
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071754422
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158262127
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  diagnoses  of  adjustment  disorders  should  be  relatively  straightforward  provided  the  clinician  considers  a  wide  range  of  stressors  and  other  Axis  I  diagnoses,  but  they  can  present  a  number  of  pitfalls.  Challenging  diagnostic  situations  can  arise  when  the  stressor  is  subtle.  For  example,  a  change  in  a  previously  stable  life  situation  may  occur  without  the  patient  complaining  of  an  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,  when  a  discrete  recent  stressor  is  identifiable,  an  adjustment  disorder  diagnosis  may  be  more  appropriate  than,  for  example,  anxiety  disorder  not  otherwise  specified  or  depressive  disorder  not  otherwise  specified.