MAC 2311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, David Wechsler, Weakness
8 Oct 2017
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Gabriel rodriguez, jamie miller, eric nowaczyk period 2 september 27, 2015. In this section ask questions and apply the notes to the 8/12 format. In this section take notes from the text highlighting those concepts most relevant to the aice syllabus for this unit. Items that are not relevant to the syllabus need not be included. Diathesis stress models help to explain the phenomenon of a person already having a predisposition for a specific mental disorder and then experiencing stress that perpetuates that disorder further. These models have been much less useful in the past than they are today. Diathesis stress models have seen great use in modern times. However, a diathesis and stressor can become difficult to disentangle as to which was the primal cause and sometimes a diathesis is also a stressor, making the process of determining causal factors of mental illnesses even more challenging.
