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Adjustment Disorders (Adjustment Disorder)

Maladaptive reactions to identifiable psychosocial stressors occurring within a short time after onset of the stressor. They are manifested by either impairment in social or occupational functioning or by symptoms (depression, anxiety, etc.) that are in excess of a normal and expected reaction to the stressor.
Also Known As:
Adjustment Disorder; Disorder, Adjustment; Anniversary Reactions; Depressions, Reactive; Disorder, Reactive; Disorders, Adjustment; Disorders, Reactive; Disturbance, Transient Situational; Disturbances, Transient Situational; Reaction, Anniversary; Reactions, Anniversary; Reactive Depression; Reactive Depressions; Reactive Disorder; Situational Disturbance, Transient; Situational Disturbances, Transient; Transient Situational Disturbances; Anniversary Reaction; Depression, Reactive; Reactive Disorders; Transient Situational Disturbance
Networked: 350 relevant articles (20 outcomes, 62 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1. Anxiety Disorders (Anxiety Disorder)
2. Neoplasms (Cancer)
3. Mental Disorders (Mental Disorder)
4. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
5. Dysthymic Disorder

Experts

1. Sundquist, Jan: 5 articles (10/2021 - 01/2017)
2. Sundquist, Kristina: 5 articles (10/2021 - 01/2017)
3. Barbui, Corrado: 5 articles (01/2018 - 09/2008)
4. Palmér, Karolina: 4 articles (10/2021 - 01/2017)
5. Wang, Xiao: 4 articles (10/2021 - 01/2017)
6. Kravitz, Richard L: 4 articles (01/2010 - 04/2005)
7. Akechi, Tatsuo: 4 articles (06/2009 - 05/2003)
8. Maercker, Andreas: 3 articles (01/2022 - 12/2011)
9. Chechko, Natalia: 3 articles (11/2021 - 01/2021)
10. Eickhoff, Simon B: 3 articles (11/2021 - 01/2021)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Adjustment Disorders:
1. Anti-Anxiety Agents (Anxiolytics)IBA
06/10/2022 - "Alternative treatments are therefore needed to reduce the use of anxiolytics, particularly for adjustment disorder with anxiety. "
05/01/1990 - "In more than 400 patients suffering from generalized anxiety or adjustment disorders with anxious mood, six double-blind studies run against placebo or reference drug over a period of two to three weeks indicated an anxiolytic effect superior (P less than 0.01) to that of placebo and comparable to that of reference drugs (DZ, LZP, CZP). "
11/01/2021 - " of terms used in the text: Adjustment disorder: maladaptive response to a psychosocial stressor in an individual with significant difficulty coping with a stressful psychosocial event; anxiolytics: medication that reduces anxiety; chromohydrosis: secretion of coloured sweat; haematochezia: passage of fresh blood through the anus, usually in or with stools; haematohidrosis: sweating blood; oto-erythrosis: spontaneous bleeding from the ear; otorrhagia: haemorrhage from the ear; vicarious menstruation: cyclical bleeding outside the uterine cavity during the menstrual cycle."
07/01/2013 - "Diagnosis of depression and substance use disorders were predictors of care utilization only among controls, whereas anxiety disorders, use of anxiolytics, and adjustment disorders were predictors only among cases. "
11/20/2023 - "Younger individuals, those with baseline depression, anxiety, or adjustment disorders, and those taking antidepressant or anxiolytic medications were more likely to have PTSD symptoms in the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic."
2. Antidepressive Agents (Antidepressants)IBA
3. Alprazolam (Xanax)FDA LinkGeneric
4. etifoxineIBA
5. Lorazepam (Ativan)FDA LinkGeneric
6. Buspirone (Buspar)FDA LinkGeneric
7. BenzodiazepinesIBA
8. Hydrocortisone (Cortisol)FDA LinkGeneric
9. Paroxetine (Paxil)FDA LinkGeneric
10. Diazepam (Valium)FDA LinkGeneric

Therapies and Procedures

1. Therapeutics
2. Vocational Rehabilitation
3. Length of Stay
4. Relaxation Therapy (Relaxation Technique)
5. Transplantation