What is the main difference between the diathesis stress model and the gene environment correlation model rGE DS emphasizes a

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What is the main difference between the diathesis stress model and the gene environment correlation model rGE DS emphasizes a threshold situation which leads to activation of the diathesis while rGE does not include the concept of a threshold DS is a simpler model of explaining how stress can trigger a disorder while rGE recognizes how genetics either create or drive a person towards a stressful environment that triggers the diathesis rGE and DS models are basically the same but one model was developed in the U S and the other was developed in Europe as explanations for etiology rGE emphasizes biopsychosocial elements that all interact together while the DS model is focused only on genetic inheritance of increasing the risk for a mental disorder

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