Adjustment disorder
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What is adjustment disorder?
Adjustment disorders are characterized by abnormal and excessive reactions to identifiable life events perceived by the patient to be stressful and may cause significant impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning.
Common symptoms reported by people with adjustment disorder
Treatments taken by people for adjustment disorder
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Compare treatments taken by people with adjustment disorder
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have adjustment disorder through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with adjustment disorder? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has adjustment disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 45 say adjustment disorder is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 1 | |
| 30s | 19 | |
| 40s | 10 | |
| 50s | 12 | |
| 60s | 14 | |
| 70+ | 27 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 3 | |
| 20-29 years | 6 | |
| 30-39 years | 5 | |
| 40-49 years | 2 | |
| 50-59 years | 1 | |
| 60-69 years | 6 | |
| 70+ years | 3 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 47 | |
| Female | 114 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 85 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 9 |