# Phase of Life Problem

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: Acute Stress Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560815/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - no medicine is given for this in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - no medicine is given for this in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Assessment & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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PHASE OF LIFE PROBLEM
Sources: Acute Stress Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560815/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification
         of Primary Care, 3rd edition) - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - no medicine is
         given for this in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (ASSESSMENT & ADVICE)  [1st line]
   Adult    Umbrella code for difficulty adjusting to a normal life transition such as an empty
            nest, retirement, or new parenthood; managed with supportive counselling rather than
            medication, with referral if it evolves into a clinical depressive or anxiety disorder.
            - Assessment and advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: assessment, explanation and follow-up. No primary-care
            medicine is implied.
   Source   No dose - no medicine is given for this in primary care
   Why      Umbrella code for difficulty adjusting to a normal life transition such as an empty
            nest, retirement, or new parenthood; managed with supportive counselling rather than
            medication, with referral if it evolves into a clinical depressive or anxiety disorder.
   Caution  No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care. The value of the consultation is
            recognition, explanation and follow-up, and referral if the red flags above appear.
            RED FLAG - Symptoms progressing to a persistent depressive or anxiety disorder, or
            suicidal ideation.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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