Adjustment disorder: Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment

CNS Drugs

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 927-938

  Casey, Patricia ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLORAZEPATE; ETIFOXINE; EUPHTOSE; KAWAIN; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MIANSERIN; PLACEBO; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TIANEPTINE; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; VILOXAZINE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350302373     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11311000-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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