Question

Dr. janus is seeing a client diagnosed with depression who experienced abuse as a child. dr. janus believes this abuse predisposed the client to overreact to life's difficult circumstances. as a result, her recent breakup resulted in a depressed state. dr. janus's perspective on his client's problems seems to be most consistent with the

Answer 1

This is the Diathesis-Stress Model. This psychological model explains how the genetic traits that we have to interact with environmental situations (stressors) to produce responses, often unsuitable, such as depressive emotions.