A 30-year-old member asked:
is adjustment disorder with depression a disability?
2 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
Dr. Wil Ausborn answered
Clinical Psychology 23 years experience
No: Adjustment disorders are temporary psychological conditions usually brought on by stressors which seem to have greater impact on functional domains such as social, interpersonal, occupational. Symptoms often subside within six months and are not believed to be longterm or disabling.
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Dr. Neil Liebowitz answered
Psychiatry 39 years experience
No: Adjustment disorder by definition is temporary. If it persists with severity causing disability, then i would rediagnosis some other condition such as major depression.
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