Posted by Estella on August 30, 2006, at 2:49:12
In reply to Re: Biopsychosocial vs Biological Reductionism » Estella, posted by yxibow on August 28, 2006, at 16:16:07
Hellos :-)
> A true program always integrates psychodynamic, behavioural, and other forms of psychological therapy adjunctive to medication... the medication which makes life livable enough to deal with the psychological and perhaps even environmental factors that triggered a brain chemical disorder.
Yeah. Biopsychosocial model. (Biology, psychology, socio-cultural). Some add a spiritual dimension but I haven't seen a convincing line drawn between psychology and spirituality so... I guess that is right. Some reductionists, however, think that biology is the fundamental level. If it doesn't target biology then there is little point to it.
But yeah, that doesn't seem right...
The scan studies are interesting. Do you have references? It is hard to know whether the neurology is merely correlated with the behavioural dysfunction (and hence wouldn't be a candidate for a causal mechanism) or whether it occurs prior to behavioural change.
> It's just a shame that the current HMO 15 minutes once or twice a month and write a prescription is the current model.,,Yes. It is a shame.
I think it is a shame the socio-cultural facts are probably the most neglected of all as well. Probably because of the crazy social constructionists out there who align themselves with the anti-psychiatry movement much to their detriment...
Thanks for your thoughts :-)
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