Adjustment disorder: A review of diagnostic pitfalls

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 726-731

  Gur, Shay ^a,b   Hermesh, Haggai ^a,b   Laufer, Neil ^a,b   Gogol, Michal ^a,b   Gross Isseroff, Ruth ^a,b  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLPHENIDATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 28244469547     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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