If adjustment disorders do not resolve, they can possibly lead to more serious mental health problems such as anxiety disorders, depression or substance abuse. (thriveworks.com)
Well - controlled studies show that being bullied in primary school increases the risk of serious mental health problems into adolescence and ongoing depression leading well into adulthood. (triplepblog.net)
Some will try and chalk this up as isolated incident, the work of one teenager with serious mental health problems. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)