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| A set of ideas that provides a framework for asking questions about a phenomenon, as well as gathering and interpreting information about that phenomenon. |
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| Abnormality and symptoms are caused by a biological factor, such as a genetic vulnerability to anxiety, inherited from one's parents |
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| Suggests that abnormality and symptoms are rooted in psychological causes, such as belief systems or early childhood experiences. |
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| Looks for the causes of abnormality in social interactions and environment. |
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| Vulnerability-stress models |
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Integrated models of biological, psychological, and social approaches to develop comprehensive models of the many factors that lead some people to develop a given mental disorder.
According to such models, a person must carry a vulnerability to a disorder in order to develop it. This vulnerability can be biological (genetic predisposition) or psychological (personality trait that increases risk), or social (history of poor interpersonal relationships).
A trigger must occur, however, for the person to develop a disorder (biological-illness, psychological-trauma, social-trauma). |
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| Interactions between biological and psychological factors. Changes in one factor result in changes in a second factor, but then those changes in the second factor feed back to change the first factor again. |
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| Interactions between biological and psychological factors. Changes in one factor result in changes in a second factor, but then those changes in the second factor feed back to change the first factor again. |
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