ADJUSTMENT ISSUES

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What are Adjustment Issues?

Adjustment disorder is a condition that lasts only a few weeks. It’s diagnosed when a person’s reaction to a stressful or distressing incident becomes exaggerated. Stressors can be single occurrences (such as a horrible breakup) or several events (such as a job loss, work problems, struggles at school, financial issues). Individuals, families, and groups can all be affected by stressors (such as disaster survivors). Stressors can be recurring (such as those related to seasonal business) or linked with special “milestone” events (such as starting school, getting married, or retiring). Situational depression is another name for adjustment disorder.

Adolescent Issues

One in every six persons between the ages of ten and nineteen experience adjustment issues. Adolescence is a unique and formative period in a person’s life. Adolescents are susceptible to mental health difficulties due to physical, emotional, and social changes, such as poverty, abuse, or violence.

Adolescence is a critical time for the development of fundamental social and emotional habits in mental health. These include improving coping, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills, as well as learning to control emotions. Protective and supportive settings in the home, school, and community are critical. Some teenagers are more likely to develop mental health problems as a result of their living circumstances, stigma, discrimination, exclusion, lack of access to appropriate support/services, chronic illness, autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, other neurological conditions, pregnancy/adolescent parents, orphans, minority ethnicity, sexual backgrounds or other discriminated groups.

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Coping Skills

Every one of us, no matter how psychologically healthy, resilient, or joyful we are, experiences periods when we must cope with something tough.

Coping is something we all do, whether consciously or unconsciously. This may be watching a hilarious movie when you’re down, contacting a buddy to help you get over a breakup, or going out for a drink after a long day at work. Some methods we use to cope are helpful and create resilience, while others are damaging or prevent dealing with a situation.

Disorders Stress

Stress-related illnesses are mental health disorders that arise as a result of anxiety-related concerns caused by physical, mental, or emotional health issues. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder are two of the most frequent stress-related disorders (OCD). People suffering from acute stress disorder have most likely been subjected to one or more horrific incidents. They may be affected directly or indirectly by the traumatic event. Direct exposure, for example, may include suffering a major injury, assault, or the fear of death. Indirect exposure might occur as a result of observing events that occur to others or knowing about incidents that occur to close family members or acquaintances. These patients tend to recall the mental trauma involuntarily in the form of flashbacks or dreams. They are apt to avoid activities that make them remember the occurrence and increase their anxiety. People relive the horrific incident in their minds, avoid items that remind them of it, and suffer greater anxiety.

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