PSYC 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Internal Medicine, Biopsychosocial Model, Reductionism
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Biopsychosocial model: what it is and how it understands mental health. The concepts (and states) of disease and health can be understood from different models or approaches. Until a few years ago, the predominant model in the field of medicine and psychology was the biomedical model, focused on the disease itself and on the "mind-body" dichotomy. An approach establishes that there are various factors that influence the development and well-being of a person (in the context of an illness, disorder or disability). The biopsychosocial model is one of the models that we find in the field of psychology, and even psychotherapy. It is an approach that establishes that there are various factors that influence the development and well-being of a person, in the context of an illness, disorder or disability. These factors, as the name of the model indicates, are of three types: biological (genetics, inheritance ), psychological (behaviors, emotions, thoughts ) and social (educational opportunities, poverty, unemployment ).
