Some of these factors are expected to constitute a shared vulnerability [ 9, 16, 17].
10 There may also be a shared genetic vulnerability between psychosis and risk of diabetes.
These findings suggest that previous findings linking smoking to higher levels of depression and anxiety 2 9 19 44 may be due to residual confounding, a shared vulnerability to both mental disorders and smoking behaviour, 45 or reverse causality (eg, if smokers smoke in an attempt to alleviate the symptoms of depression or anxiety or depressed smokers find it more difficult to quit).
Frailty and cognitive impairment are seemingly distinct syndromes, but have a shared vulnerability to stress in older adults, resulting in poorer outcomes.
This risk is multifactorial, involving shared vulnerability, genetic factors, and unhealthy lifestyle, as well as the potential impact of antipsychotics.
There may be several explanations for this increased co morbidity, but there is convincing evidence from animal studies that this may be due to shared vulnerabilities for both psychosis and drug use disorders [ 17].
It is in moments of shared vulnerability that people have more capacity to feel deeply and even change their minds.
Considering the association of chronic pain and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder a model of shared vulnerability and mutual maintenance is discussed.
It is a vulnerability shared by all countries that have to borrow in a foreign currency, which effectively describes the Euro from Greece's perspective.
Duplications of 16p11.2 have been identified in 0.3% of patients with schizophrenia (P = 4.8×10−7) and 0.12% of patients with bipolar disorders (P = 0.017), suggesting that 16p11.2 micro-rearrangements may be a vulnerability factor shared by patients with ASD, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders [10].
