Biopsychosocial Model Essay

Clinical case management accepts that identified problems patients present with are caused by multiple factors and unlike the simplified model of case management that only provides statistic referrals for complex problems as a solution, clinical case management understands the need to require complex solutions(Kanter, 2010, p. 5). This model encourages participation with various providers including providing psychoeducation and medical disorders. It does not promote the need for the training for social workers to have a working knowledge of such medical conditions which leaves social workers unprepared and learning on the job about specific diseases. This lack of education also supports a need to reinforce an already existing teaching in the profession of
This dehumanizing phenomena was first identified by Dr. George L. Engel in 1977, when he suggested the need to improve the biomedical model and proposed the use of the Biopsychosocial model to provide care that not only addressed tangible problems but also the social issues that contribute to the client's identified needs(Borrell-Carrió, Suchman, & Epstein, 2004 p. 577). Engel's BPS model which rejected the dualistic view of the biomedical model, separating the body from the mind at the cost of ignoring the aspect of human suffering that contributes to a person's needs was seen as a way to improve on patient care. As Borrell-Carrios et al., (2004) explained, Engel's BPS model also addressed the biomedical excessive reductionist and materialistic orientation (Borrell-Carrió et al., 2004 p. 577). According to Engel, this orientation not only devalued patients but also created a cold and technical practice (Borrell-Carrió et al., 2004 p.