The application of EMDR therapy in treating adolescents with the adjustment disorder: A case report

EMDR therapy and CBT in treating the adolescent with psychopathological symptoms caused by stressors related to chronic illness (diabetes).

Resource Abstract

“According to DSM-V, the adjustment disorder is placed in the category of disorders related to trauma and stressors and it is mainly characterized by the presence of emotional and/or behavioral symptoms that occur as reactions to stressors. Stressors can be multiple or individual, as well as repetitive or continuous.

Diagnosing chronic illnesses during early or late adolescence, a period already stressful enough for
adolescents because of a series of developmental tasks and challenges, brings additional stressors: the illness itself, various medical procedures and treatments, repeated cases of hospitalization with different duration periods, changes within family relationships, disrupting school and other daily activities, etc.

Diabetes mellitus type 1 is one of the most widespread metabolic disorders and the most widespread
endocrine disorder in the periods of childhood and adolescence that is characterized by a sudden beginning and it includes a lifelong treatment through daily implementation of different types of treatments: insulin, measuring blood/urine glucose levels, adequate diet, physical activity, and education.

This chronic physical illness can have destructive effects in terms of chronic and acute complications. ”

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Bucan-Varatanovic, A., & Sabanovic, S. (2021). The application of EMDR therapy in treating adolescents with the adjustment disorder: A case report. Psychiatria Danubina, 33(Suppl 1), 49-53. Retrieved from: https://www.psychiatria-danubina.com/UserDocsImages/pdf/dnb_vol33_sup1/dnb_vol33_sup1_49.pdf