Adaptation disorder: causes, symptoms, treatment Currently, people living on earth have a rather intense rhythm of life. This is due to the state of the economies of countries, and the environmental situation, and the social relationships between people. All these factors lead to the most stressful situations that each person experiences in his own way.


The very state of permanent stress can provoke the appearance of various chronic diseases. In general, stress itself is a peculiar reaction of the organism to unfavorable environmental factors, which require the restructuring of the whole organism and its adaptation to new conditions of existence.

There are several types of adjustment disorders, which are often characterized by:

  1. state of depression mood
  2. anxiety conditions
  3. a constant state of depression
  4. violation of the psycho-emotional state of a person

It should be clarified that any new situation arising in a person's life, leading to a stressful situation, but notEach such situation is critical, leading to a disruption in adaptation.

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The reaction to the same stressful situation for each person can be different. It depends primarily on various factors( gender, age, social position in society, resistance to stressful situations, etc.).If, at the onset of a certain stressful situation, a person develops a morbid state, then this condition is called an adjustment disorder.

reasons

adjustment disorder There are various reasons for adjustment disorder, but the main ones are:

  1. problems in personal relationships
  2. problems associated with material wealth
  3. conflict situations in the family
  4. Negative relationships at school
  5. problems associated with health
  6. Divorce( and inthis case at risk are women and men)
  7. bereavement
  8. problems in the sexual sphere of life( most often this is due to low libido in men) and mMany other

Some of the reasons presented may cause a disruption of adaptation not immediately, but by affecting a person for a long time. At the same time, negative emotions will accumulate and eventually find a way out in this form.

Risk Factors.

Some people may have an innate predisposition to the appearance of adjustment disorders, for which a person may not even suspect until a certain time:

  1. Genetic predisposition
  2. Social skills
  3. adaptability to the specific conditions of life
  4. Paul( as a rule, women are more vulnerable to violations of adaptation than men)
  5. People, Living in difficult natural or social conditions( when conducting research, people from these categories are prone to the emergence of peopleadaptation sheniya was about 50%).
  6. Frequent changes of residence, which have been a man in his early childhood
  7. Social origin( born in a very poor or vice versa is very wealthy family).
  8. Extreme situations, such as war, natural disaster, etc.

In addition, almost all people who are prone to develop an adjustment disorder experience anxiety and frequent depression.


Symptoms of adjustment disorder Usually adjustment disorder may develop within 6 months after the event, cause severe stress situation for the organism. However, if the disorder is chronic, the symptoms may appear for a longer time.

The main symptoms of an adaptation disorder are:

  1. constant state of depression, sadness
  2. Chest pain
  3. Difficulty breathing
  4. Status anxiety and worry
  5. disorder normal behavior( irritation over small things, low self-esteem, a sense of uselessness to society)
  6. Fragmentation of thoughts, so that a person can not plan for the future
  7. Difficulty in managing your normal life.
  8. Changing your appetite in more or less. At the same time as a decrease or, conversely, weight gain of more than 5%
  9. Sleep problems( insomnia or vice versa can be excessive drowsiness).Moreover in the morning can be observed excessive alertness that lasts just a few hours, and then comes a dramatic fatigue.

In general, all symptoms of the disorder can be divided into psychopathological and vegetative. It is the vegetative manifestations of the disorder that make a person turn to specialists. Therefore, usually the symptoms for treatment are banal diarrhea, constipation, nausea, tachycardia and other symptoms. At the same time, the doctor needs to find out as thoroughly as possible all the reasons for the occurrence of a particular problem and to identify the existing adjustment disorder.

Diagnosis of adaptation disorder

Diagnosis can only be carried out by a specialist in this field. When applying, the doctor determines how significant the existing stressful situations are and whether they can cause the patient's adjustment disorder.

There is also a special examination showing the patient's depression or stress. If anything serious is discovered, the doctor may refer for an additional examination to the psychiatrist.

Treatment adjustment disorder

main goal of treatment of adjustment disorder is the complete eradication of the symptoms of human rights and the return to its normal emotional lifestyles. Timely treatment will not allow the disorder to develop into more serious depressive conditions.

Usually treatment of adjustment disorder involves two stages:

  1. Psychotherapy. This stage is the main one, since it helps to understand to the person himself the original reasons that caused this stressful situation, to understand the symptoms and to develop a mechanism for resisting similar situations in the future. Psychotherapy can be either individual, or family or group, it all depends on the specific situation.
  2. Application of medicines. This stage is individual and is not applied to every patient. Medicines can be used to relieve symptoms. These can be various antidepressants or sedatives and their use should not be prolonged so as not to cause addiction.

When using drugs, it is worth considering the fact that many of them can cause side effects in the patient, which in the end does not lead to any result. Herbal preparations have much fewer side effects, so applying them to treatment is more effective. Moreover, with individual intolerance of certain types of tranquilizers, only the use of herbal preparations is possible.

Prevention of adaptation disorder

Currently, unfortunately, there are no effective methods for preventing this type of disorder. But the treatment of these disorders is quite effective and usually there are no repeated disorders of adaptation in humans.