Journal article
The predictive value of adjustment disorders: a follow-up study
The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.139(5), pp.584-590
05/1982
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.139.5.584
PMID: 7072842
Abstract
A previous investigation explored the diagnosis of adjustment disorder and found it to have descriptive and face validity. This study of the status at 5-year follow-up of 100 patients given this diagnosis strongly supports the validity of the category among adults but only partially among adolescents. Seventy-nine percent of the adults were well at follow-up, with 8% having had an intervening problem. Comparable figures for the adolescents were 57% and 13%. Most adults who were ill developed either major depression or alcoholism. The adolescents' illnesses included schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depression, bipolar disorder, antisocial personality, alcoholism, and drug use disorder. Chronicity and behavioral symptoms were the strongest predictors of poor outcome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The predictive value of adjustment disorders: a follow-up study
- Creators
- N C AndreasenP R Hoenk
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.139(5), pp.584-590
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1176/ajp.139.5.584
- PMID
- 7072842
- ISSN
- 0002-953X
- eISSN
- 1535-7228
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1982
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984004085402771
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