Dr.Jahangir is seeing a depressed patient who is currently undergoing a relationship breakup.Dr.Jahangir also knows that as a child this patient suffered from both neglect and abuse.Dr.Jahangir believes that the patient's difficult childhood has predisposed her to overreact to life circumstances,such as the recent breakup,resulting in the patient's severely depressed state.Dr.Jahangir's perspective on the patient's problems is based on which of the following models?

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Dr. Jahangir's perspective is based on the diathesis-stress model, which suggests that certain individuals have a genetic or environmental vulnerability (diathesis) that can lead to mental health problems when triggered by stressful life events (stress). In this case, the patient's difficult childhood (diathesis) predisposed her to overreact to the breakup (stress), resulting in severe depression.

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