If an adjustment disorder lasts for more than six months after the stressor (or its consequences) has been removed, the diagnosis may __________.

A. suggest that the client did not present an accurate history
B. need to be revisited and updated
C. be associated with an underlying physical malady
D. motivate the clinician to change his treatment methods to a more suitable course


Answer: B

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