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V@ndy87 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Identify what is meant by risk and protective factors as they relate to mental disorders. Identify examples of each.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Edie has an eating disorder. She is keeping an electronic diary as part of her assessment program. What might she document in that diary?

a. Meals
b. Thoughts about her body
c. Fears of becoming fat
d. All of these

aidanmbrowne · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Student responses should include

- a risk factor is an individual or environmental characteristic that precedes a mental disorder and is correlated with that disorder
- men are at greater risk for substance use, antisocial personality, psychosexual, and developmental disorders while women are at greater risk for anxiety and mood disorders
- the extent to which race and ethnicity are risk factors for mental disorder has been difficult to establish
- lower educational and socioeconomic levels as well as divorce or separation from partner are general risk factors for mental disorder
- other risk factors include individual, family, and community or social factors
- protective factors are associated with lower rates of mental disorder
- protective factors vary across age, gender, race, and ethnicity

Answer to Question 2

d