Sudden changes in the life like getting married, illness, divorce, and work problems can cause worries serving as triggers for stress. But even happy moments can sometimes cause stress. Our innate abilities to cope with learned techniques make us able to adjust to the new environment with ease in a short period of time. However, not be able to adjust is called Adjustment Disorder and gives a serious emotional jolt in the new environment.

There comes a feeling of insecurity, worry, helplessness and being driven to a reckless state of mind. It is a stress related illness influencing the behavior and thoughts. Males and females of any age are susceptible to Adjustment Disorder. However, among adults, women are more prone to Adjustment Disorder than men. The disorder may have its initiation in a new environment, a new place, a new school, or a newly imposed relationship.

A diagnosed case of illness and the continuance of medical therapy increase the risk of stress disorders of this type. Frequent moving in early life may be another cause of Adjustment Disorder with the likelihood of increased difficulty in the ability to adjust to new situations.

Under pervasion of this disorder, the patients are not able to cope with their daily routine? The feel sad and depressed most of the time. The mind is not able to adjust to the new unknown rules and regulations, standards, procedures, and behavioral interactions.
Various forms of the disorder are:

• Adjustment Disorder with depressed mood

• Adjustment Disorder with anxiety

• Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood

• Adjustment Disorder with disturbance of conduct

• Adjustment Disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct

• Adjustment Disorder unspecified

This disorder can take over 6 months to be completely out of reacting with moments of reckless driving or inordinate behavior. Defiance of rules adds to stress in ones life. However, a young patient may take longer time to return to normalcy. Many individuals, instead of irrational and aggressive behavior, resort to withdrawing themselves socially as long as the problem continues. Yet, many others do not exhibit any symptoms of emotional turmoil but begin to suffer physically from illness.

Characteristically the symptoms linked with an individual with Adjustment Disorder may mostly be a depressed and have crying spells, nervousness and worry. People with Adjustment Disorder would obviously have a mixture of anxiety and depression and thereby be unable to carry on social task. Many will skip school or turn towards unlawful deeds and have conduct problems.