The adjustment disorders: the conundrums of the diagnoses

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Strain, James J ^a   Diefenbacher, Albert ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Königin Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CLORAZEPATE; FLUOXETINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIANEPTINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 38549158915     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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