Theoretical framework proposing that psychiatric disorders result from inherited vulnerability that requires environmental triggers to manifest as clinical symptoms.
Example: Some individuals inheriting genetic risk for depression that only develops into disorder when combined with significant life stress or other environmental factors.
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