All applicants must have at least a 3.0 grade-point average or the equivalent in work completed after the first two years of a bachelorâs degree program and in all post-baccalaureate course work.
adjustment disorder a mental disorder characterized by a maladaptive reaction to identifiable stressful life events, such as divorce, loss of job, physical illness, or natural disaster; this diagnosis assumes that the condition will remit when the stress ceases or when the patient adapts to the situation.
Adjustment Disorders: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues. Adjustment Disorders: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues. The diagnostic category of adjustment disorder (AD) made its first appearance in DSM-III in 1968, replacing the previous âtransient situational disturbanceâ of DSM-II, and shortly after was included in ICD-9. It has persisted into the current versions of both DSM-IV and ICD-10.