Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00629:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00629
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 6531–9368

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting adjustment disorder or death from adjustment disorder with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          experiencing a category 1A stressor within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          experiencing a category 1B stressor within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  category 1 B stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          living or working in a hostile or life-threatening environment for a cumulative period of at least four weeks within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  hostile or life-threatening environment  is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          being exposed to repeated or extreme aversive details of severe traumatic events within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  being exposed to repeated or extreme aversive details of severe traumatic events is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(5)          having a significant other who experiences a category 1A stressor within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  category 1A stressor and significant other are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          experiencing a category 2 stressor within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  category 2 stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          experiencing the death of a significant other within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  significant other is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          having, or being diagnosed with, a medical illness or injury which is life-threatening or which results in serious physical or cognitive disability, within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
(9)          having persistent pain of at least three months duration at the time of the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  persistent pain is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      having a severe, chronic medical condition within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  severe, chronic medical condition is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(11)      having a miscarriage, foetal death in-utero or stillbirth, within the three months before the clinical onset of adjustment disorder;
Note:  miscarriage is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(12)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for adjustment disorder.