Adjustment Disorder

Abstract

Diagnosis of adjustment disorder of the DSM classification system is one of the categories that hasn't clear and specific symptom profile. Adjustment disorder meets the criteria of being a genera psychiatric disorder such as feelings of anxiety, experiencing social-environmental strains and sometimes shovving behavioural disturbances. İn the meantime, it's etiological factors are not clear enough and the clinical characteristics are not defined clearly so it is seen as a "transitional" diagnostic category. But the results of the studies support the identifiable and predictive validity of this diagnosis. Adjustment disorder as a class of diagnosis seems to be a good reseacrh area and could be used frequently especially in consultation-liason psychiatry and in crisis.

Keywords

• Adjustment disorder, crisis, consultation-liason psychiatry

UYUM BOZUKLUĞU

Öz

DSM sınıflandırma sisteminin Uyum Bozukluğu tanısı, açık ve özgül bir belirti profili olmayan birkaç kümesinden biridir. Uyum Bozukluğu, ruhsal sıkıntı, sosyal-çevresel zorlanmalar yaşama ve bazen davranışsal bozuklukların varlığı gibi, psikiyatrik bir bozukluk olmanın çok genel koşullarını karşılamaktadır. Klinik özellikleri henüz tam geliştirilmediği ve altta yatan etiyolojik faktörleri açık olmadığı için halen sıra dışı ve "transitional" bir tanı kategorisi olarak görülmektedir. Ancak yapılan çalışmalar uyum bozukluğu tanısının tanımsal ve prediktif geçerliliğini desteklemektedir. Uyum bozukluğu özellikle konsültasyon-liyezon psikiyatrisi ve psikiyatrik kriz alanları için iyi bir araştırma alanı ve sıklıkla kullanılabilecek bir tanı sınıfı gibi görünmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Uyum Bozukluğu, kriz, konsültasyon-liyezon psikiyatrisi

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