Biopsychosocial Models for Schizophrenia Karolyn LaPre 11/15/13 Psy 305 Instructor: Arthur Swisher This paper will explore one of the most severe mental disorders‚ schizophrenia‚ with the goal of providing an actualized understanding of this disorder‚ including its etiology‚ course‚ epidemiology‚ diagnostic and treatment. Schizophrenia is characterized by an unadaptive pattern of general though and emotions‚ including delusions‚ auditory hallucinations‚ paranoia‚ disorganized
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1. The etiology of the biological (i.e. medical model) approach to the study of mental health and illness states that there is a malfunction in an individual’s biology. This malfunction could be based in the brain‚ neurochemistry‚ or genes of the individual‚ and is unique to them. Treatment based on the biological approach includes medicine‚ electroshock therapy‚ and surgery. According to this model‚ only those who are diagnosed or seek help are considered a target population for assistance. When
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Biomedical and psychotherapy are two basic approaches to treating psychological disorders. A number of approaches fall under the category of psychotherapy‚ but they all include the following four essential characteristics: 1. Systematic interaction between a client and a therapist 2. Based on psychological theory and research 3. Influences a client’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior 4. Used in treating disorders‚ adjustment problems‚ and to foster personal growth Explain‚ in a 200- to
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The biopsychosocial model finds its roots in psychosomatic medicine. The term was first brought to life by Roy Grinker‚ a neurologist and psychiatrist‚ in 1954. Grinker applied this concept into his world of psychiatry. It was about 1977 when George Engel took this “biopsychosocial” term and began to apply it directly to his focus within medicine (Ghaemi‚ 2009). Engel formulated his own model that offered a holistic alternative to the existing biomedical model. He felt the current model was
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The biological or medical model approach examines psychological disorders as a type of illness and assumes it is a physical issue. The approach believes that factors such as genes‚ bio-chemistry‚ neuro-anatomy and germs are the causes of psychological disorders‚ and use treatments such as drugs and psychosurgery to rectify them. (Saul McLeod‚ 2008/2014) Anxiolytic drugs such as benzodiazepines are commonly used in the treatment of somebody with depression or bipolar as they increase activity in the
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In much of the world—particularly North America and Europe—the biomedicinal model is used. In this model‚ a patient experiences physical symptoms‚ and is treated for the symptoms and/or the cause of the symptoms. This model is centered around the idea that illness and disease has virtually exclusively physiological causes. A good example of this model would be having a headache‚ and treating it with a painkiller
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Biological diagnoses are the product of technological‚ political‚ and cultural contexts that makes up sociocultural products. Furthermore‚ biological diagnoses creates new realities and ways of being for the patient who has been diagnosed with said disease/illness. An example of a biological diagnoses that demonstrates that it is a sociocultural product and that it shapes new realities would be celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten‚ a protein found in wheat‚ barley
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For the first journal entry I would like to discuss the biopsychosocial model’s definition of health. I wholeheartedly support this model which includes biological‚ psychological‚ and social influences to be a part of the definition of health. I agree with this definition because it covers a wide range of variables that contribute to one’s health. For instance I consider myself to be healthy spiritually and psychologically; however‚ I am far from being physically healthy. Furthermore‚ there are plenty
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This is a discussion of how language structures our experience especially with relation to others. However‚ language is also not a sufficient principle since it is already invented. Context of time and history are important in language‚ therefore already invented words taken out of context are not sufficient for the conception of normal. So even though language helps express experience‚ its also not sufficient in defining normal. Traditional bioethics places the individual as the center point of
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