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Adjustment disorders are characterized by abnormal and excessive reactions to identifiable life events perceived by the patient to be stressful and may cause significant impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning.
How do members experience adjustment disorder?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with adjustment disorder*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for adjustment disorder*
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Adjustment disorders are characterized by abnormal and excessive reactions to identifiable life events perceived by the patient to be stressful and may cause significant impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning.
Common symptoms reported by people with adjustment disorder
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for adjustment disorder
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Compare treatments taken by people with adjustment disorder
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have adjustment disorder through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with adjustment disorder? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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