It is too early for adjusting the adjustment disorder category

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Laugharne, Jonathan ^a   Van Der Watt, Gillian ^a   Janca, Aleksandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Diagnosis; Stress response syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ETIFOXINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57749208438     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32831d1fda     Document Type: Review

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