Question

Marvin has always displayed depressive symptoms and both of his parents suffer from depressive disorders. Marissa has no family history of depression and only began to show depressive symptoms after the death of her father. If both Marvin and Marissa are diagnosed with the same depressive disorder, this is an example of ______.

Answer 1

Equifinality

Step-by-step explanation:

In simple words, Equifinality relates towards how distinct initial childhood conditions (e.g., parental breakup, physical misuse, abuse of parental drugs) can lead to related effects in psychiatry (e.g., childhood depression). There are several different early encounters, in other words, which may contribute to the same psychiatric condition.

Thus, from the above we can conclude that the given case relates to equifinality.