NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutNCBIBookshelf.AserviceoftheNationalLibraryofMedicine,NationalInstitutesofHealth.SubstanceAbuseandMentalHealthServicesAdministration.ImpactoftheDSM-IVtoDSM-5ChangesontheNationalSurveyonDrugUseandHealth[Internet].Rockville(MD):SubstanceAbuseandMentalHealthServicesAdministration(US);2016Jun.ImpactoftheDSM-IVtoDSM-5ChangesontheNationalSurveyonDrugUseandHealth[Internet].ShowdetailsSubstanceAbuseandMentalHealthServicesAdministration.Rockville(MD):SubstanceAbuseandMentalHealthServicesAdministration(US);2016Jun.ContentsSearchtermTable3.19DSM-IVtoDSM-5AdjustmentDisordersComparisonViewinownwindowDSM-IVDSM-5A.Thedevelopmentofemotionalorbehavioralsymptomsinresponsetoanidentifiablestressor(s)occurringwithin3monthsoftheonsetofthestressor(s).SAMEB.Thesesymptomsorbehaviorsareclinicallysignificantasevidencedbyeitherofthefollowing:Markeddistressthatisinexcessofwhatwouldbeexpectedfromexposuretothestressor.Significantimpairmentinsocialoroccupational(academic)functioning.B.Thesesymptomsorbehaviorsareclinicallysignificant,asevidencedbyoneorbothofthefollowing:Markeddistressthatisoutofproportiontotheseverityorintensityofthestressor,takingintoaccounttheexternalcontextandtheculturalfactorsthatmightinfluencesymptomseverityandpresentation.Significantimpairmentinsocial,occupational,orotherimportantareasoffunctioning.C.Thestress-relateddisturbancedoesnotmeetthecriteriaforanotherspecificAxisIdisorderandisnotmerelyanexacerbationofapreexistingAxisIorAxisIIdisorder.C.Thestress-relateddisturbancedoesnotmeetthecriteriaforanothermentaldisorderandisnotmerelyanexacerbationofapreexistingmentaldisorder.D.Thesymptomsdonotrepresentbereavement.D.Thesymptomsdonotrepresentnormalbereavement.E.Oncethestressor(oritsconsequences)hasterminated,thesymptomsdonotpersistformorethananadditional6months.SAMESpecifyif:Acute:Ifthedisturbancelastslessthan6monthsChronic:Ifthedisturbancelastsfor6monthsorlongerNotspecified.Adjustmentdi