1. Short Paper: Students should gain a background in the biopsychosocial model of medicine and then pose a question of interest.
   • Possible topics include: the biopsychosocial model of medicine as it applies to the special needs of women, children, elders, adolescents, sexual issues, occupational issues, racial and ethnicity issues, integration of care of patient family members, mental illness, catastrophic illness, life changes, and chronic illness, illness related to poverty, substance abuse, disability, and end of life.

   • Describe how this issue might be overlooked in a traditional, biomedical interview model, and then describe how the biopsychosocial medical interview can be used to address the special need.

   • Basically compare and contrast the models of biopsychosocial and biomedical approaches using a question of interest to facilitate the process.

   • This paper should be no more than 5 pages, not including a title page, and contain a minimum of 5 references.

Solution

Biomedical and Biopsychosocial Models of Medicine in Handling Mental Illness

Introduction

The renowned general knowledge is that there exist two health models in medicine: biomedical (traditional interview model) and the bio-psychological model. The biomedical model of medicine centers on treatment and symptom elimination. In contrast, as coined by George Engel, the biopsychosocial model centers on the biological, social, and physiological factors determining the cause, appearance, and outcome of illness and health. In other words, the bio-psychosocial puts focus on a person’s symptom perception with their family’s response to experienced symptoms. Under the traditional model, illnesses appeared as having physiological aetiologies, which received diagnosis via different biochemical markers hence treated through physical mediation…………………………….To access the rest of the solution for $10, please click on the purchase button.