Gregory is an impoverished African-American teen who finds school stressful but performs at a moderate level academically. He has no relationship with his father but a close relationship with his mother and grandmother. Which factor MOST increases his vulnerability to developing a mental disorder?

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Gregory is an impoverished African-American teen who finds school stressful but performs at a moderate level academically. He has no relationship with his father but a close relationship with his mother and grandmother. Which factor MOST increases his vulnerability to developing a mental disorder?

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Elliot Warren · Answer 1

Poverty.

Explanation:

There is a study from 2010, and roughly 80 percent of them stated that people who live in poverty are more prone to suffering from mental illnesses, especially depression. For some, mental illnesses last longer, are sever and have terrible outcomes, like suici*e. People living in poverty are usually targeted by many better-standing people. They are subjects of abuse and discrimination on the daily basis, they are harassed in both se**al and physical manner. Especially in the late childhood, early teen years, where peers are superficial and see things through the material prism.