icD-11 and DSm-5
A major concern for those framing ICD- 11 and DSM-5 is how and where to include adjustment disorder in these new classi cations. It is recommended that all the trauma-related disorders, including adjustment disorder, should move from the anxiety disorder section in DSM-5 to a new section incorporating disorders that are
stress related (Freidman 2011), in recognition of the common aetiology of some disorders rather than their common phenomenology. This would align ICD and DSM