a) Contrast the medical model of psychological disorders with the bio-psychosocial approach to disordered behavior. b) Describe the goals and content of the DSM-IV and c) discuss the potential dangers and benefits of using diagnostic labels.
The medical model of psychological disorders shows us that people can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms, where they can be cured through various treatments like therapy, which takes place in the hospital. Thus, a person who has a mental illness will have to be sent to the hospital to be diagnosed for treatment. The sickness of the mind can happen due to many reasons like stress and inhumane conditions. However, the bio-psychosocial approach to disordered behavior shows us that our biological …show more content…
The aims of this form of therapy, according to Freud, was to help people live a healthy life where they can escape their conflict feeling less anxious. Also, the main aim was to bring the patients suffering from a psychological disorder with oppressed and denied feelings into conscious awareness, where they expressed their inner conflicts of conscious thoughts and feelings in order to solve the obstacle or situation they are suffering from. Thus, this therapeutic technique, is a way a person was able to feel relaxed, where the health profession used a patient 's free association, resistance, dreams, and transferring feelings, to use their own interpretation of the patient in order to help the person be relieved from their previous oppressed feeling and gain insight into their current situation they are facing, forgetting about the past. However, the specific goals and techniques of Carl Rogers’ client-centered therapy is to help people who are suffering from psychological disorders to gain their own insight into their inner conflict with their unconscious thought and cause of their disorder. According to the Carl- Rogers therapy, active listening and unconditional positive regard of the therapist will help the person understand, listen, and accept the client’s problem. Also, …show more content…
This helps the therapist come up with solutions and treatment to cure and therapy that the person can receive in order to escape from their mental illness or psychological disorder. With the conversation with a therapist, having a one on one discussion, the therapist will be able to understand their client accepting and listening to their situation, allowing them to express their feelings and the therapist will then help them overcome their psychological difficulties and achieve personal growth. This helps the therapist understand the problem better. However, the major psychotherapies come from psychology 's psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive perspectives that are
The medical model of psychological disorders shows us that people can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms, where they can be cured through various treatments like therapy, which takes place in the hospital. Thus, a person who has a mental illness will have to be sent to the hospital to be diagnosed for treatment. The sickness of the mind can happen due to many reasons like stress and inhumane conditions. However, the bio-psychosocial approach to disordered behavior shows us that our biological …show more content…
The aims of this form of therapy, according to Freud, was to help people live a healthy life where they can escape their conflict feeling less anxious. Also, the main aim was to bring the patients suffering from a psychological disorder with oppressed and denied feelings into conscious awareness, where they expressed their inner conflicts of conscious thoughts and feelings in order to solve the obstacle or situation they are suffering from. Thus, this therapeutic technique, is a way a person was able to feel relaxed, where the health profession used a patient 's free association, resistance, dreams, and transferring feelings, to use their own interpretation of the patient in order to help the person be relieved from their previous oppressed feeling and gain insight into their current situation they are facing, forgetting about the past. However, the specific goals and techniques of Carl Rogers’ client-centered therapy is to help people who are suffering from psychological disorders to gain their own insight into their inner conflict with their unconscious thought and cause of their disorder. According to the Carl- Rogers therapy, active listening and unconditional positive regard of the therapist will help the person understand, listen, and accept the client’s problem. Also, …show more content…
This helps the therapist come up with solutions and treatment to cure and therapy that the person can receive in order to escape from their mental illness or psychological disorder. With the conversation with a therapist, having a one on one discussion, the therapist will be able to understand their client accepting and listening to their situation, allowing them to express their feelings and the therapist will then help them overcome their psychological difficulties and achieve personal growth. This helps the therapist understand the problem better. However, the major psychotherapies come from psychology 's psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive perspectives that are