title: Adjustment Disorders Are Uniquely Suited for eHealth Interventions: Concept and Case Study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention Department of Psychology University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6925-3266
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maercker
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention Department of Psychology University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rahel C
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9586-6020
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bachem
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention Department of Psychology University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland.
authors.forename: Louisa
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8639-5661
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention Department of Psychology University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8067-4555
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy University of Berne Berne Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2432-7791
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berger
keywords: adjustment disorders; depression; e-mental health; intervention; unguided self-help