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ADJUSTMENT
DISORDER
By-
MIND MANTRA
(Empowering you with the secrets
of emotional and behavioural health)
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ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
ADJUST.????
Adjust is probably one of the most heard and followed words since birth.
It’s infinity of times that one hears:
“Please adjust”,
“thoda adjust karo”,
“learn to adjust”,
“you can’t adjust only”
“now you will have to adjust a little”
And the list goes on....
Definition of “Adjust”:
By dictionary definition:
1. To change so as to match or fit
2. To bring into proper relationship.
3. To adapt or conform, as to new conditions
4. To achieve a psychological balance with regard to one's external
environment, one's needs, and the demands of others.
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2. One or more of the following Signs and Symptoms are present thru most
of the day:
B. Anxiety – Anxiety, fear, racing of thought Present thru out the day or
in episodic spells, having 2 or more of the following:
C. Disturbance in Behaviour -
A change in behaviour may manifest. From a mild irritable behaviour to
marked violation of societal rules and regulations. E.g.
Reckless driving, vandalism, fighting without reason, excessive shopping,
indulgence in addictions (smoking and alcohol), excessive eating, sleep
disorders,
Ideas and actions of self-harm, suicide are few of the common examples
seen.
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TREATMENT
2 modalities of treatment can be followed:
2. Severe Form of the disorder- when signs and symptoms are present thru
most of the day.
a. Counselling – consult a professional counsellor to help you, to guide
you thru the rearrangement of emotions and help you look positively
in adversity.
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MIND MANTRA
EMPOWERING YOU FOR A HEALTHY MIND & BODY