A second difference between the adjustment disorder with depressed mood and other depressions is that the symptoms only last a short time after the stressful situation ends.
Even though asthma is not considered an autoimmune disease, it is a chronic illness which requires the same attention as any other chronic illness. If you have asthma and an autoimmune disease, it is important to keep both under control to prevent one disease from affecting the other.
Asthma is usually treated with bronchodilators, allergies with antihistamines, and autoimmune diseases with drugs that are targeted to whatever organ system or systems are involved. Often the treatments have harsh side effects and do little to affect the underlying cause of the disorder.