What are the causes and symptoms of adjustment disorders?

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An adjustment disorder occurs when a person can't cope with a stressful event and develops emotional or behavioral symptoms. The stressful event can be anything: it might be just one isolated incident, or a string of problems that wears the person down. The stress might be anything from a car accident or illness, to a divorce, or even a certain time of year (such as Christmas or summer).

People with adjustment disorder may have a wide variety of symptoms. How those symptoms combine depend on the particular subtype of adjustment disorder and on the individual's personality and psychological defenses. Symptoms normally include some (but not all) of the following:
- hopelessness
- sadness
- crying
- anxiety
- worry
- headaches or stomachaches
- withdrawal
- inhibition
- truancy
- vandalism
- reckless driving
- fighting
- other destructive acts
Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.";
<div class="section1"> <p>An adjustment disorder occurs when a person can't cope with a stressful event and develops emotional or behavioral symptoms. The stressful event can be anything: it might be just one isolated incident, or a string of problems that wears the person down. The <i>stress</i> might be anything from a car accident or illness, to a divorce, or even a certain time of year (such as Christmas or summer).</p> <p>People with adjustment disorder may have a wide variety of symptoms. How those symptoms combine depend on the particular subtype of adjustment disorder and on the individual's personality and psychological defenses. Symptoms normally include some (but not all) of the following:<ul> <li>hopelessness </li> <li>sadness </li> <li>crying </li> <li>anxiety </li> <li>worry </li> <li>headaches or stomachaches </li> <li>withdrawal </li> <li>inhibition </li> <li>truancy </li> <li>vandalism </li> <li>reckless driving </li> <li>fighting </li> <li>other destructive acts</li> </ul></p> </div><p><i>Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.</i>";

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