For The Record. Vol. 24 No. 12 P. 14. Whether paper, electronic, or a combination of both, patient files must be retained. But how long to keep them is just one issue that needs to be addressed to make the process less cumbersome.
Adjustment disorder is an unexpectedly strong emotional or behavioral reaction that occurs in response to an identifiable stressful life event or life change that occurred within the previous three months.eep in mind that the definition of adjustment disorder does not allow the symptoms to last longer than six months after the stressor has terminated. A chronic diagnosis is only allowed if the stressful event or life change is persistent.
An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something. 1  Compensation could be made by adjustments to taxation. 2  Investment is up by 5.7% after adjustment for inflation. ... 3 a technician made an adjustment to a smoke machine at the back of the auditorium.