Adjustment and impulse control disorder for psychiatry
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Adjustment and impulse control
disorders
Adjustment and impulse control
disorders
•Adjustment disorders and impulse control disorders
are precipitated by a particular type of psychosocial
stress, the severity of which may or may not directly
affect the person’s response to it.
•Adjustment disorders are quite common, and impulse
control disorders are relatively rare.
•Behaviors
– Impairment in a person’s usual social and occupational
functioning
–Compulsive acts that may be harmful to the person or
others
Categories of Adjustment Disorder
•Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
•Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
•Adjustment Disorder with Disturbance of
Conduct
•Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance
of Emotions and Conduct