Adjustment Disorder in Children and Adolescents (Chapter 210)
George Alvarado, MD, Danielle Laraque, MD, 2016. "Adjustment Disorder in Children and Adolescents (Chapter 210)", American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care, Thomas K. McInerny, MD, FAAP, Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP, Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP, Rebecca Baum, MD, FAAP, Kelly J. Kelleher, MD, MPH, FAAP
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An adjustment disorder (AD) is a maladaptive response to a stressor, resulting in clinically significant emotional or behavioral symptoms not meeting criteria for a more specific disorder. Clinical significance is determined by marked distress that is in excess of what would be expected from exposure to the stressor or impairment in social or occupational (academic) functioning. Several subtypes of AD are distinguished by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), based on the nature of the disturbance: with depressed mood; with anxiety; with mixed anxiety and depressed mood; with disturbance of conduct; with mixed...
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