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SDT History
The term "diathesis-model" was first used in the 1960s as a theory to explain schizophrenia but has
since come to be applied to other psychological conditions such as:
Depression
Anxiety disorders
Manic-depressive disorder
Alcoholism
Sexual dysfunction
Personality disorders
Eating disorders
The model is now being applied to looking for modifications in genes that would explain genetic
susceptibility to disease