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Question
Radhika has been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder. Explain the development of this disorder with the help of the diathesis-stress model.
Solution
Diathesis Stress Model
- presence of some biological aberration
- Presence of pathological stressor
- their predisposition may actually evolve into a disorder.
This model can be applied to explain Radhika’s GAD. According to the model, Radhika has genetic predisposition to develop anxiety disorders which she may have inherited. Due to external stressors, generalized anxiety disorder may get triggered.
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