Mona Has Been Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

question 88

Essay

Mona has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
A) What is etiology and why is it important when dealing with psychopathology?
B) What is the diathesis-stress model? Provide one possible explanation for Mona's diagnosis using this model.
C) Explain the biopsychosocial approach and describe how it differs from the diathesis-stress model in explaining Mona's diagnosis.

• A) What is etiology and why is it important when dealing with psychopathology?
• B) What is the diathesis-stress model? Provide one possible explanation for Mona's diagnosis using this model.
• C) Explain the biopsychosocial approach and describe how it differs from the diathesis-stress model in explaining Mona's diagnosis.

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