Tavakoli Hamid R
Chief, Consultation-Liaison Service, board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the specialty of Psychiatry and subspecialty of Psychosomatic Medicine, and with the Psychiatry Department, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, or the United States Government.
Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2009 Feb;6(2):25-30.
The biopsychosocial model, the current method in psychiatric assessments, is reviewed and critiqued. The history and original intents leading to the conception of the biopsychosocial model are briefly discussed. Five inherent problems with the use of the biopsychosocial model in psychiatric assessments and training programs are presented. Two alternative approaches are discussed and promoted for clinical, educational, and research practices in medicine.
本文回顾并批判了当前精神病学评估中使用的生物心理社会模型。简要讨论了导致生物心理社会模型概念形成的历史和最初意图。提出了在精神病学评估和培训项目中使用生物心理社会模型存在的五个内在问题。讨论并推广了两种适用于医学临床、教育和研究实践的替代方法。