Describe the Biopsychosocial Model - Briefly Contrasting It with the Diathesis-Stress

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Essay

Describe the biopsychosocial model - briefly contrasting it with the diathesis-stress model if you can.More importantly,what are the factors in the biopsychosocial model that interact to determine human behavior? What does it mean to say that they are dynamically and reciprocally interacting? Illustrate this with an example of a process that beings in infancy but where disorder is not apparent until adolescence or later.Use the example of Hailey at the beginning of the Chapter if you wish.

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Definitions:

Generalized Anxiety

A disorder characterized by chronic, excessive worry and tension without specific causes.

Phobia

A phobia is an irrational and overwhelming fear of a specific object, situation, or activity, leading to significant anxiety and avoidance behaviors.

Obsessive-Compulsive

A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).

Panic

A sudden, overwhelming fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause.