单词 | adjustment disorder |
释义 | > as lemmasadjustment disorder adjustment disorder n. Psychology a disorder considered to be a maladaptive reaction to a recent, specific stressful event or situation, accompanied by various mental and physical symptoms that often include anxiety or depression. ΚΠ 1955 M. R. de Veer Success & Failure in Industry i. 5 We have to give a definition of what is meant by adjustment disorder. This is a mental state in which the individual is not in proper balance with his environment, i.e. the objects and persons with whom he enters into relation. 1991 Lancet 9 Mar. 586/2 The most prevalent psychiatric conditions, anxiety and depression, have been separated into adjustment disorders, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, major depressive episode, and dysthymic disorder. 2007 New Scientist 30 June 5/2 A 2005 study in which actors claiming to be suffering from ‘adjustment disorder’..visited doctors and asked for an antidepressant they said they had seen in a television advert. < as lemmas |
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