An Important Evidence-Based Finding About Adjustment Disorder Among Adolescents and Young

question 8

Multiple Choice

An important evidence-based finding about adjustment disorder among adolescents and young adults is that

• A) Pharmacotherapy is the frontline for treatment.
• B) The course of adjustment disorder is brief, with good outcomes.
• C) There is a short time between thoughts of suicide and carrying out suicide.
• D) Academic functioning is well preserved.

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Definitions:

Body Temperature

The capacity of the body to produce and eliminate heat, essential for sustaining metabolic activities.

Erythrocytes

Red blood cells that are responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returning carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs.

Hemoglobin

A protein in red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returning carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs.

Megakaryocytes

Large bone marrow cells responsible for the production of blood thrombocytes (platelets), which are critical for blood clotting.