Prompt # 1
Psychological disorders are often unique and challenging to understand. As each
individual has different mentalities, it is difficult to evaluate these psychological disorders. To
this end, there have been two major models created in order to better understand psychological
disorders. The two such models are, the medical model, as well as the biopsychosocial
perspective. Each view has its own benefits and disadvantages, and have impacted patients with
psychological disorders in their own manners.
The medical model associates psychological disorders with physical causes. There was a
rise in popularity for the medical model after a discovery was made in the 1800s, which showed
that syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, caused alterations in brain activity/function. The
medical model was proposed as it linked an altered mental state with a physical cause. In this
model, people can be diagnosed, treated, and cured after treatment. The initial diagnosis is based
on the symptoms that are outwardly displayed. The way in which a psychological disorder is
treated using the medical model is comparable to the treatment of an injury. The diagnosis is
formulated in the same manner. The medical model is used more in a healthcare setting with
psychiatrists, as opposed to psychologists that use the biopsychosocial model. The medical
model is much more limited in the overall reasoning that can be provided to explain the cause of
different psychological disorders. In addition, it only treats patients once they have some form of
sickness. If the patient does not display any symptoms of illness, it will be left unchecked. As
opposed to this, the biopsychosocial model is able to treat patients in both sickness, and in
health.
The biopsychosocial approach links together a person’s biological, psychological, and
social/cultural environments, as individuals form their behaviors and thoughts based on these. In
Psychological disorders are often unique and challenging to understand. As each
individual has different mentalities, it is difficult to evaluate these psychological disorders. To
this end, there have been two major models created in order to better understand psychological
disorders. The two such models are, the medical model, as well as the biopsychosocial
perspective. Each view has its own benefits and disadvantages, and have impacted patients with
psychological disorders in their own manners.
The medical model associates psychological disorders with physical causes. There was a
rise in popularity for the medical model after a discovery was made in the 1800s, which showed
that syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, caused alterations in brain activity/function. The
medical model was proposed as it linked an altered mental state with a physical cause. In this
model, people can be diagnosed, treated, and cured after treatment. The initial diagnosis is based
on the symptoms that are outwardly displayed. The way in which a psychological disorder is
treated using the medical model is comparable to the treatment of an injury. The diagnosis is
formulated in the same manner. The medical model is used more in a healthcare setting with
psychiatrists, as opposed to psychologists that use the biopsychosocial model. The medical
model is much more limited in the overall reasoning that can be provided to explain the cause of
different psychological disorders. In addition, it only treats patients once they have some form of
sickness. If the patient does not display any symptoms of illness, it will be left unchecked. As
opposed to this, the biopsychosocial model is able to treat patients in both sickness, and in
health.
The biopsychosocial approach links together a person’s biological, psychological, and
social/cultural environments, as individuals form their behaviors and thoughts based on these. In
