Key features of depression and its management in general practice.
 
 

"..I'm not like other people.."

 
1. Fatima meets the ICD-PHC criteria for mild depression.
2. Fatima is likely to be suffering from an adjustment disorder.
3. An adjustment disorder may continue long after the initiating event has terminated.
4. An adjustment disorder usually leads to a general practice presentation.
5. People who suffer an adjustment disorder are at increased risk of major depression during that time.
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3. An adjustment disorder may continue long after the initiating event has terminated.

Author's answer: False

Adjustment disorder continues as long as the event is present, and it terminates with the reversal of the event (e.g. reconciliation with partner)
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