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ETIOLOGY of PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
SYMPTOMS
BIOLOGICAL DIATHESIS
SYMPTOMS
PSYCHOLOGICAL DIATHESIS
SOCIAL DIATHESIS
SYMPTOMS
Adapted from: Sadock & Sadock, 2003.
DIATHESIS (VULNERABILITY)
PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIAL
SYMPTOMS
Adapted from: Sadock & Sadock, 2003.
STRESS-DIATHESIS MODEL
A person has a specific vulnerability (diathesis) that, when acted on by a stressful influence, allows the symptoms of psychopathology to develop Diathesis or stress can be biological, psychological, social or a combination of these
BIOLOGICAL DIATHESIS
NEUROCHEMICAL GENETIC
NEUROSTRUCTURAL
NEUROIMMUNOLOGICAL
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Adapted from: Sadock & Sadock, 2003.
SENILE PLAQUES
NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES
AMYGDALA
HIPPOCAMPUS
Too much dopaminergic activity in subcortical limbic areas (eg, nucleus accumbens)
Dopaminergic neurons in these tracts connect to neurons in the limbic system and cerebral cortex
Negative symptoms
Positive symptoms
H-P-A Axis
HYPOTHALAMUS CRH PITUITARY ACTH
Dysregulation in Anxiety
H-P-T Axis
HYPOTHALAMUS
TRH PITUITARY
TSH
THYROID
THYROID HORMONE
Dysregulation in Anxiety
H-P-A Axis
HYPOTHALAMUS CRH PITUITARY ACTH
PSYCHOLOGICAL DIATHESIS
COGNITIVE/ BEHAVIORAL
PSYCHOANALYTIC
PSYCHOLOGICAL DIATHESIS
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
SOCIAL DIATHESIS
FAMILY
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL DIATHESIS
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
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