Causes of disorder

Question 1

The three P’s

Answer 1

Categories of causes

Question 2

1. Predisposing causes

Answer 2

In place well before the onset, making you susceptible, caused by eg characteristics or taretogens

Question 3

2. Precipitating causes

Answer 3

Immediate events that bring on disorder, like death

Question 4

3. Perpetuating causes

Answer 4

Consequences of disorder that help keep it going once it begins

Question 5

Sex differences

Answer 5

Women are diagnosed with anxiety/depression nearly twice as many times.
Men are diagnosed with explosive disorder, antisocial disorder and substance use 4x as many.

Question 6

Causes for differences

Answer 6

Reporting/expressing distress; Women tend to express emotions more
Clinicians expectations; Expectancy bias
Differences stress experience; Social reasons (not biased, just sex difference in social expectations)
Responding to stress situation: Women internalise, men externalise