Adjustment disorders
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Adjustment disorders involve markedly distressing and impairing emotional and/or behavioral symptoms caused by an identifiable stressor.
(See also Overview of Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.)
People often become sad, angry, or otherwise upset when unpleasant things happen. Such reactions are not considered a disorder unless the reaction is more intense than what is typically expected in the person -
a condition in which someone feels sad and hopeless as a result of a stressful event:
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