Adjustment and Mental Health: Contemporary View

Abstract

Life for man has always been about adaptation and adjustment to his environment. If man has evolved and reached his status, it is only because of these two traits. The more we are able to adapt and adjust, the more we are in harmony with existence. N psychology, adjustment refers to the behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs challenged by obstacles in the environment. Humans and animals regularly adjust to their environment. For example, when they are stimulated by their physiological state to seek food, they eat (if possible) to reduce their hunger and thus adjust to the hunger stimulus. Adjustment disorder occurs when there is an inability to make a normal adjustment to some need or stress in the environment [1].