General Systems And Holism Research Paper
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The theory of General Systems and Holism
The theory of General Systems and Holism
Biopsychosocial model suggests that the understanding of the illness from the perspective of the mind is crucial to the complex nature of health. To have a more in-depth view over the health experiences and the nature of illness one must add psychological and social factors to the biomedical explanation (Morrisson, Bennett, 2012). For example, if we intend to analyze depression only from the biological point view, we would only identify its biomedical causes: the genetics of depression. However, depression, as supported by the research, can be caused by multiple causes such as traumatic event …show more content…
The theory of General Systems insists that for a complete understanding of processes, which are occurring inside a human being, there is a need to not only look at the interrelations of enzymes in a cell (biological approach), but also think about conscious (cognitive) and unconscious (psychoanalytical) processes in the personality, and finally, analyze the environment in which the individuals are finding themselves (social systems). The theory of General Systems suggests that the boundaries of different sciences are not isolated and that they do overlap on a regular basis (Bertalanfy, 1972).
In the theory of Holism, the system consists of certain elements which are combined and used by a system according to its purpose. In contrast to monism, when one element has a stronger power on other, dependent elements, holism does not consider interaction of elements as a conflict. One rather complements another, and permits a more detailed and complete understanding of the functioning of the system as a whole (Noda, …show more content…
According to various research (Kleiman, Risking, 2013; Zhou, Zhu, Zhang, Cai, 2013), a variety of treatments are effective in addressing depression. Biological treatments and psychotherapy have proved to be effective in treating depression. So did the alternative treatment methods, which include different social activities. Individuals are different and the reasons for depression are different. Therefore the analysis should be based on biopsychosocial model, in order to develop individual treatments more effectively (Clark,
The theory of General Systems and Holism
The theory of General Systems and Holism
Biopsychosocial model suggests that the understanding of the illness from the perspective of the mind is crucial to the complex nature of health. To have a more in-depth view over the health experiences and the nature of illness one must add psychological and social factors to the biomedical explanation (Morrisson, Bennett, 2012). For example, if we intend to analyze depression only from the biological point view, we would only identify its biomedical causes: the genetics of depression. However, depression, as supported by the research, can be caused by multiple causes such as traumatic event …show more content…
The theory of General Systems insists that for a complete understanding of processes, which are occurring inside a human being, there is a need to not only look at the interrelations of enzymes in a cell (biological approach), but also think about conscious (cognitive) and unconscious (psychoanalytical) processes in the personality, and finally, analyze the environment in which the individuals are finding themselves (social systems). The theory of General Systems suggests that the boundaries of different sciences are not isolated and that they do overlap on a regular basis (Bertalanfy, 1972).
In the theory of Holism, the system consists of certain elements which are combined and used by a system according to its purpose. In contrast to monism, when one element has a stronger power on other, dependent elements, holism does not consider interaction of elements as a conflict. One rather complements another, and permits a more detailed and complete understanding of the functioning of the system as a whole (Noda, …show more content…
According to various research (Kleiman, Risking, 2013; Zhou, Zhu, Zhang, Cai, 2013), a variety of treatments are effective in addressing depression. Biological treatments and psychotherapy have proved to be effective in treating depression. So did the alternative treatment methods, which include different social activities. Individuals are different and the reasons for depression are different. Therefore the analysis should be based on biopsychosocial model, in order to develop individual treatments more effectively (Clark,