TJHMS, Volume 8 Issue 2(Apr. - June) 2025
Review Articles
PSYCHOSOMATIC MANIFESTATIONS IN ADJUSTMENT DISORDER AND ITS MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW
Pankhudi Ambade, Anuradha Babar
Background: Adjustment disorder is a combination of psychological and physical symptoms which arises due to different stressors and psychologically present with symptoms like anxiety, depression, mood fluctuations. Most of the times these symptoms are misdiagnosed or ignored which leads to underdiagnosis of adjustment disorder and this can further lead to other corporeal psychosomatic manifestations. This article emphasizes the mind-body relationship while examining the nature of psychosomatic manifestations in adjustment disorder and also understanding the different treatment approaches. Objective: To review the psychosomatic aspect of adjustment disorder and its management strategies. Methods: Literature for this review was identified through established online search tools such as PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus. Results: This article is trying to understand psychosomatic aspect of adjustment disorder by trying to review various literature which highlights the psychosomatics of AD and also highlights different treatment approaches. Conclusion: Key directions for future research include investigating the more precise relationship of adjustment disorder leading to corporeal diseases and trying to understand the pathways between mind and body with respect to adjustment disorder and bringing adjustment disorder from just being a subthreshold disease to an important disease and creating an awareness of adjustment disorder.
