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| Define Adjustment Disorders |
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Definition
Psychological symptoms in response to stressful events
Life Stresses and/or sequelae of medical illness |
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Term
| What are the Criteria for diagnosing an Adjustment Disorder? |
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Definition
Occurs within 3 months of an identifiable stressor
Causes significant impairment and distress
Does not meet criteria for another DSM diagnosis
Should improve 6 months after stress subsides
Not due to bereavement |
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Term
| How long should an adjustment disorder last? What should be done if it lasts longer? |
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Definition
Less than 6 months
Change diagnosis if the distrubance is not significantly improved after 6 months. |
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Term
| What 6 varieties of Adjustment Disorders are there? |
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Definition
With...
depressed mood
anxiety
mixed anxiety and depressed mood
disturbance of conduct
mixed distrubance of emotions and conduct
Unspecified |
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Term
| What are the common symptoms of Adjustment Disorders with adolescents and adults? |
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Definition
Adolescents: Acting-out and behavioral changes
Adults: Anxiety and mood symptoms |
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Term
| Who are Adjustment disorders more common in? |
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Definition
Women
Single People
Ages mid 20's to Early 30's |
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Term
| What is often a precipitating event for Adjustment Disorders? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the most common stressors for Adolescents? |
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Definition
School Problems
Parental rejection
Separation/Divorce |
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Term
| What are the most common stressors for Adults? |
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Definition
Marital Problems
Separation/Divorce
Move
Finances |
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Term
| What are some common defensive mechanisms? |
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Definition
Denial
Projection
Regression
Repression
Splitting
Reaction Formation
Undoing
Displacement
Intellectualization |
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Term
| What are some common Coping mechanisms? |
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Definition
Sublimation
Religiousness
Humor
Altruism
Mastery and Control |
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Term
| What is the front-line treatment for Adjustment Disorders? |
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Definition
| Life style counseling and psychotherapy |
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Term
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Definition
| A systematic approach to uncovering problems by talking about them out loud, in a safe and confidential setting. |
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Term
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Definition
unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another
Ex: the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object. |
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Term
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Definition
| a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client. |
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Term
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Definition
| patients either directly or indirectly oppose changing their behavior or refuse to discuss, remember, or think about presumably clinically relevant experiences |
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