PSYC 337 Lecture 6: 6 PSYC 337 Sept 21st 2016
1 Dec 2016
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Complex medical model (in opposition to simple disease model) 1) same symptoms can have different etiologies. 2) disease can also vary in degree e. g. collagen, rheumatoid disease model. Psychiatry remains the only medical domain with symptom based diagnoses deficiency where the symptoms are the diagnosis. Predisposition interacts with stress/problems in living and leads to. You have to go beyond symptoms to causation. Accepts idea that diseases can be on continuum. 3) cause is interactive looking at many different levels e. g. stress. Alzheimer"s: people only talk about the brain but cultural differences matter in family oriented cultures they have lower rates (people living together) disorder. Alcohol vulnerability increased drinking increased tolerance withdrawal uncontrolled drinking withdrawal etc. Not true: many alcoholics are controlled, only develop tolerance and: given vodka told vodka, b) given tonic told vodka, c) given vodka told tonic, given tonic told tonic.
