Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00630:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00630
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 6528–9063

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, adjustment disorder or death from adjustment disorder is connected 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)          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.
(4)          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.
(5)          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.
(6)          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.
(7)          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;
(8)          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.
(9)          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.
(10)      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.
(11)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for adjustment disorder.