psychiatric disorders
Adjustment Disorders
Symptoms and Signs of Adjustment Disorder
Symptoms of an adjustment disorder typically begin within days of the stressful event and resolve within 6 months of the termination of the stressor and its consequences. There are 3 categories of adjustment disorder symptoms: depressed mood, anxiety, and conduct disturbance. Some patients may present with one of these symptoms being particularly prominent (eg, feeling nervous and jittery after a physical assault; behaving with uncharacteristic aggression in the context of a parental divorce), but most patients present with a mixture of symptoms. Criteria for adjustment disorder are less specific than for either Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) or Patients with adjustment disorder also have an increased risk of suicide attempts and completed suicide ( Signs and symptoms reference ). (See also 1.Casey P, Jabbar F, O'Leary E,et al: Suicidal behaviours in adjustment disorder and depressive episode.J Affect Disord2015 Mar 15;174:441-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.12.003 