Environmental factors in mental health disorders
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What is an environmental factor?
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Something that happens to a person, such as a loss, poverty or abuse.
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What did Brown and Harris find?
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Depression was most likely with a severe event plus vulnerability factors.
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What are adverse childhood experiences?
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Abuse, neglect or a troubled home before the age of 18.
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Why is two-way cause a problem?
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Depression can itself cause life events.
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How do environmental factors fit the diathesis-stress model?
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The event is the stress; vulnerability decides the outcome.
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