Definition: Adjustment disorder occurs when a person experiences depression and/or anxiety that is clearly in response to an identifiable stressor or stressors (changes in employment, marital status, deaths, divorce, etc.).
Adjustment Disorder
By Nancy Schimelpfening, About.com
Updated: January 16, 2004
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