%0 Journal Article
%@ 2368-7959
%I JMIR Publications Inc.
%V 2
%N 2
%P e15
%T Adjustment Disorders Are Uniquely Suited for eHealth Interventions: Concept and Case Study
%A Maercker,Andreas
%A Bachem,Rahel C
%A Lorenz,Louisa
%A Moser,Christian T
%A Berger,Thomas
%+ Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Institute of Psychology, Binzmühlestrasse 14/17, Zurich, 8050, Switzerland, 41 44 635 7310, maercker@psychologie.uzh.ch
%K adjustment disorders
%K intervention
%K e-mental health
%K unguided self-help
%K depression
%D 2015
%7 08.05.2015
%9 Viewpoint
%J JMIR Mental Health
%G English
%X Background: Adjustment disorders (also known as mental distress in response to a stressor) are among the most frequently diagnosed mental disorders in psychiatry and clinical psychology worldwide. They are also commonly diagnosed in clients engaging in deliberate self-harm and in those consulting general practitioners. However, their reputation in research-oriented mental health remains weak since they are largely underresearched. This may change when the International Statistical Classification of Diseases-11 (ICD-11) by the World Health Organization is introduced, including a new conceptualization of adjustment disorders as a stress-response disorder with positively defined core symptoms. Objective: This paper provides an overview of evidence-based interventions for adjustment disorders. Methods: We reviewed the new ICD-11 concept of adjustment disorder and discuss the the rationale and case study of an unguided self-help protocol for burglary victims with adjustment disorder, and its possible implementation as an eHealth intervention. Results: Overall, the treatment with the self-help manual reduced symptoms of adjustment disorder, namely preoccupation and failure to adapt, as well as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Conclusions: E-mental health options are considered uniquely suited for offering early intervention after the experiences of stressful life events that potentially trigger adjustment disorders. 
%M 26543920
%R 10.2196/mental.4157
%U http://mental.jmir.org/2015/2/e15/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.4157
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543920