Maladjustment
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In attempting to define "maladjustment" as a psychological disorder the American Psychiatric Association admits that the condition as it is currently diagnosed and treated is exceptionally ambiguous. Due to its comprehensive definition, maladjustment can be generally classified as an "adjustment disorder" (AD) which is "1) a maladaptive reaction 2) to a psychosocial stressor 3) that remits when the stressor remits or an adaption has taken place" (Strain, 1996, p. 1034). However, critics of the AD diagnosis have expressed their dissatisfaction with its 1) its "lack of explicit operational criteria" and 2) its usage as a "residual "wastebasket" for cases that do not fulfill the criteria for other mental disorder diagnoses" (Strain, 1996, p. 1033). Yet since two slightly more differentiated categories of maladjustment have been presented, neurosis and psychosis, these will constitute the main focus of this brief overview. Neurosis is generally understood as any of various mental functional disorders characterized by anxiety, compulsions, phobias, depression or disassociation. In Adaption to life: How the best and the brightest came of age Vaillant concludes that psychopathology is a part of everyday life (Vaillant, 1977, p. 3). Hartmann in his celebrated 1937 monograph Ego psychology and the problem of adaption concludes that health and adaptation are inseparable (Vaillant, 1977, p. 4). Neurosis settles in when the need for adjustment is mishandled, ei
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an understanding that it frequently manifests itself as a "transient situational disorder" which may require long-term follow-up observations. This use of a non-stigmatized label has proven to be exceptionally beneficial to such vulnerable populations as adolescents and military personnel. In this milieu, to be diagnosed with a more evolved label could prove counter-productive in both treatment and for placement purposes (Strain, 1996, p. 1040).
Classifications of maladjustment appear to be divided along the lines of whether or not an individual has a lucid grasp of reality. Individuals who are only partially incapacitated by their maladaptive techniques can be seen as neurotic. As mentioned earlier, hypochondria, delusional projection (if manifested in limited forms), and alcoholism can be seen with this subgrouping. Yet this beginning-to-deteriorate line between reality and delusion marks even the gentler category of neurosis as often tricky to label or treat.
For instance, hypochrondria which is defined as abnormal anxiety over one's health, often resulting in the provocation of imaginary illness and severe melancholy can sometimes be traced to rare medical conditions which emerge as untreatable. True hypochondriacs beg
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