Dr. Jahangir is seeing a depressed patient who is currently undergoing a relationship breakup. Dr. Jahangir also knows that this patient suffered from both abuse and neglect as a child. Dr. Jahangir believes that the patient's difficult childhood has predisposed her to overreact to life circumstances, 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 on the patient's problems is based on the diathesis-stress model, which suggests that some individuals are genetically or developmentally predisposed to develop certain mental health conditions and that environmental stress can trigger the onset of these conditions. In this case, the patient's difficult childhood can be seen as a diathesis or vulnerability, while the current relationship breakup is the stressful life event triggering the depression.

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