a DSM-II classification for disruptions which, in the DSM-IV-TR, are categorized as adjustment disorders.
TRANSIENT SITUATIONAL DISTURBANCE: "Transient situational disturbances are common in some children who have been uprooted from their homes and families at a young age."
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