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#1
18th September 2016, 17:10
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3 models of mental health and disorder
The biological (medical) model
The medical (biological) model is the dominant view of mental disorder in Western society. The basic idea is that mental disorders are rooted in physical problems and that they require physical treatments to alleviate them. To make sense of this we must bear in mind that psychiatrists are trained as medical doctors first. All medical doctors, from General Practitioners to anaesthetists and gynaecologists have been trained to treat physical disorders with physical interventions such as medications and surgery. Psychiatrists come from the same basic perspective and psychiatry itself has developed from that same, physical root. So, according to the biological (medical) model of mental disorder all psychiatric problems are caused by physical imbalances or abnormalities. That’s why psychological problems get physiological treatments such as medications (chemicals used to change physical processes) or even surgery. It is important to say that most psychiatrists in practice today see the medical model as only a partial explanation for mental disorder. https://mindthecaretraining.com/2016...-and-disorder/ 
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#2
18th September 2016, 21:49
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Re: 3 models of mental health and disorder
I don't know George Engel published his papers on the biopsychosocial model in the 70s which became the dominant model in psychiatry and health psychology and is what is on medical school syllabuses, however physicians tend to treat the 'bio' of the model as the most important bit. I think that's partially because they are trained in medicine such as you said but it's also very difficult to treat psychological and social problems that's why social workers, psychologists, and policy makers are around but they have neither the money, time, nor influence to make a big impact. Some argue that to treat social influences on mental health you'd would need to change the entire society.
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#3
18th September 2016, 22:07
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Re: 3 models of mental health and disorder
I'm a strong believer in the diathesis stress/stress and vulnerability model.
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#4
18th September 2016, 22:16
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Re: 3 models of mental health and disorder
The genes load the gun the environment pull the trigger. I think most people would believe in the stress-vulnerability model, it makes thee most sense.
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