The Medical Model view both behavioral and emotional problems as a mental illness. Mental health is basically defined as having a state of well-being were each person realizes their own potential, ability to cope with stressful normality and can be productive by being able to make a contribution to the community. The approach of this model derived from a notion of being emotionally disturbed by demons and declared mad. The perception then led to “disturbed” individuals to be in need of help as it stimulated research that promoted developmental therapeutic approaches. The Interactional Model asserts that medical labels have no diagnostic or treatment value and frequently have an adverse effect.…
In this article, Lived Experience Practitioners and the Medical Model: World’s Colliding? by Louise Byrne, Brenda Happell, and Kerry Reid-Searl, the main issue that is being discussed is the discriminations in the workforce that the Lived Experience Practitioners (LEP) have experienced from their non-lived experience colleagues and how that is stopping the LEPs from making an impact on reforming the mental health services. Promoting the recovery focus, which is more consumer-oriented, rather than strictly labeling/diagnosing and then putting the patient on medication that they might not have needed it. The problem is the unbalanced power between the LEPs and other health professionals and a critical need for the development of the LEPs within…
Biopsychosocial Information “Nick” is a fifteen-year old African American male that has been a resident at The Bridge since July, 2016. Prior to being referred for treatment by truancy court, Nick had been smoking approximately ten blunts a day and spending money on a daily basis for marijuana. There has been a history of family conflict and recently, Nick’s paternal grandmother passed away from cancer. He was residing with his mother and father along with his two younger siblings. Nick’s mother and father have been together for approximately twenty years.…
Introduction Theory and the biopsychosocial-spiritual framework are vital components in social work practice. By having an understanding of these two aspects, social workers ensure that they are taking appropriate actions while considering the entire context of a client’s situation and needs. This is particularly applicable when working with older adults, who benefit greatly from a holistic approach towards what is a unique and often misunderstood stage of life.…
The last factor of a biopsychosocial approach is to examine and identify an individual’s psychological struggles. From my observation, my brother struggles with low self-esteem, mood swings, anxiety, impulsive thoughts, and depression. For these psychological elements plays a role in his mood, personality and behavior with alcohol. My brother has admitted that alcohol helps him cope with his racing thoughts, insomnia, irritability/anger, shame/guilt and negative thoughts about himself. Without alcohol, he is distant and avoids talking to others.…
Biopsychosocial Analysis of Case Example This particular case study is about a 23 year old Caucasian American. She is working on her bachelor degree at Appalachian State. This case study will focus on Erikson’s Psychological Theory on how biological, psychological, family, and environmental foundations have shaped the case examples life. I will use Erikson’s theory of development and apply it to the case study’s life explaining factors that have impacted his life.…
The medical profession develops the medical model; it assumes mental disorders are diseases of illnesses that impair individual’s ability to function (Woodside & McClam, 2015). The mental disorder had an organic basis that responded to treatment with medication, laboratory studies, with therapy. The medical model sees the person coming for help as sick and not healthy. The healthcare provider is expected to treat and cure the disease. The medical model described as social casework.…
The biopsychosocial and the biomedical are different but both models do contain some similarities in terms of treatment process. Biopsychosocial is the combination of the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to the health and the well-being of individuals. This approach to health is seen in non-Western cultures. Where the biomedical seen in Western cultures, has more of a focus towards more of the physical and biological approach to health. In Western cultures it is seen as the absence of disease (Gurung, 2014).…
Most psychological research that is conducted today is meant to be applied. Research in and of itself can help no one, but when psychologists and psychiatrists use that research to treat patients, the true value of the research can be recognized. Perhaps the most interesting and well recognized ways mental health care professionals can help individuals is through the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. The goal of an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment sounds simple enough, but the scientific, political, and medical fields rarely agree on the best way to achieve it. There is even a large debate over what a mental disorder is in the first place.…
This essay will first summarise newspaper articles one titled ‘hundreds of mental health experts issue rallying call against austerity’ by James Meikle and Dennis Campbell (the guardian) and article two ‘is depression caused by inflammation in the brain? Findings could reveal why suffers experience physical symptoms’ by Richard Gray (the daily mail). This essay will then go on to discuss these two articles contrasting nature and how this is reflected within the mental health community. This essay will use concepts and theories such as formulation and diagnosis, biopsychosocial perspective and display a basic knowledge of psychopharmacology to illustrate its arguments. Summary of newspaper article one Four hundred counsellors and psychotherapists…
Biomedical therapy treats the symptoms of psychological disorders with medication, while psychotherapy treats behavioral, emotional, and interpersonal problems using psychological techniques. Likewise, I learned the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists. It's more than just one being able to prescribe medications while the other cannot, there’s a primary difference between the two. Psychiatrists have gone to medical school therefore they have medical orientation, making them able to prescribe medications to clients, while psychologists are trained as a researcher as well as partake in some clinical works, but not to the point where they can prescribe medicine. In addition, this information will be beneficial in the future since someday I want to become a counseling psychologist, but I don’t want to do the research aspect of psychology that psychologists would generally have, which I know now is not a requirement if I’m going to be a counseling psychologist.…
It could be said that to enter adult social work in either a voluntary or statutory setting, the issue of mental health is impossible to avoid. Regardless of sector or client group, be it a disability, palliative or substance misuse, we will likely be faced with issues arising from poor mental health on a daily basis, as Huxley (2008) states “the mental illness client group knows no such boundaries”. Mental health, it could be described, is the causal nexus within our practice, as it is very often the root cause or the outcome of many situations and crises’ that bring an individual to the attention of social services. One in four adults is likely to have a mental health problem in any year. This can have a profound impact on the lives of tens…
30). Lewis (2008) mentions that the biopsychosocial approach was “a comprehensive and integrative alternative to the dominant but highly restrictive biomedical model” (p. 299). Taking that into consideration, the biopsychosocial approach interprets how the functioning of the three individual levels interacts to identify a clients’ problem and/or behavior. Furthermore, this type of approach helps focus on how the biological aspects impact the clients. On the other hand, all three levels, biological, psychological, and social, come together to ensure the clients’…
The medical model has several advantages and disadvantages. The benefits are: it removes the societal/moral stigma, removes shame/guilt; individuals more likely to seek help, treatment more likely to get insurance coverage, clear treatment goal, increased funding for research, and it allows for clear language and communication among clinicians. The disadvantages of the medical model are as follows: excludes those who do not fit in model disease concept, removes any personal responsibility, makes excuses for deviant behavior, ignores psychological variables all or nothing approach, lack of empirical evidence of theory, treatment may be too simplistic, and may lead to other…
Biopsychosocial Assignment There variations of models used within the human and social services profession. The biopsychosocial model is one used during assessments because it provides vital biological, psychological, and social factors are interwoven and has a role in promoting well-being or an illness. Furthermore, it point towards that communal, intellectual, and genetic factors are not autonomous and are associated in an individuals life circumstances. What influences the body will frequently influence the brain; and the other way around, what influences the consciousness will likewise regularly wind up influencing the body.…