Douglas is an eight-year-old referred to you for behavior complications. He has been deliberately destroying property in his third grade classroom for several (6) months. 3 months before that, he was starting fights with his friends back home. When completing your assessment, you ask about any pertinent changes in the client's life and you find out that the family recently moved into the school district from out of state. When considering diagnoses, which would be most accurate considering the circumstances?

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The most accurate diagnosis, considering the circumstances, would be Adjustment Disorder, Mixed Episode. After all, considering that Douglas just moved across the country and was made to leave his friends behind, there are likely other circumstances at play. And when he found out about needing to move at the end of second grade, he could have been acting out so that it would be easier for him to leave.

Douglas Is an Eight-Year-Old Referred to You for Behavior Complications