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The aim of this article is to review\n                        the literature on adjustment disorder and to present suggestions for the\n                        improvement of this diagnostic category in future classification systems.\n                        The literature utilized for this review was retrieved by MEDLINE (1967 until\n                        May 2009) and was supplemented by a manual search of the literature. The\n                        analysis of the literature indicates that the diagnosis of adjustment\n                        disorder is not characterized by consistent clinical description and\n                        prognosis, adequate differentiation from other disorders, or specific\n                        psychometric and neurobiologic features. The spectrum of affective\n                        disturbances entailed by the diagnosis of adjustment disorder appears to be\n                        too broad. 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