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Comorbidity refers to: 

Biological models of mental disorders explain mental illness as resulting from which of the following factors? 

Which are true of the diathesis –stress model of mental illness? Please identify all correct answers.

1. When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
2. Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
3. Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead to symptoms of the psychological disorder.
4. Diatheses and stressors have specific definitions.

Which one of the following types of factors has been found to be the most likely cause of schizophrenia ? 

Which psychological disorder is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, using bizarre language and inappropriate affect? 

Identify the accurate assertion from those given below, in relation to the course of major depressive disorder: 

Which of the following do we know to be the case, in terms of the causes of anxiety disorders and factors affecting their course? 

The tension-reduction hypothesis attempts to explain the development of which type of mental disorder? 

Which type of mental illness is most resistant to change? 

For which type of mental illness is there considerable evidence that it is caused by biological factors and little to no evidence that it is caused by psychosocial factors?