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What is the difference between the biomedical model and biopsychosocial model of disease?

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Biomedical model

  • Illness understood in terms of biological and physiological processes.
  • Treatment involves physical interventions (drugs, surgery).

Biopsychosocial model (Engel, 1977)

  • Bio factors: physiology, genetics, pathogens
  • Pyscho factors: cognition, emotion, behaviour
  • Social factors: social class, employment, social support, etc.