This is not directly related to your question but there is a lot of
talk in the literature about a generalized vulnerability to mental
illness that takes different forms with different life experiences.
These researchers argue that we might do better by conceptualizing
mental illnesses as generalized syndromes with specific symptom
profiles than the DSM's "distinct disorders" approach. For an
interesting article I had my intro psych. students read, see:
Moses, E., & Barlow, D. (2006). A new unified treatment approach for
emotional disorders based on emotion science. Current Directions in
Psychological Science, 15, 146-150.
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Humboldt State University
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Arcata, CA 95521
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