Biopsychosocial Model

Summary

This collection of chapters surrounding the Biopsychosocial Model covers the background to the model and it's implications in areas of medicine as diverse as gastrointestinal diseases and mental health disorders.

Content

Chapters include:

• Bridging the gap between emotion and cognition
• Behavioural medicine
• Gastrointestinal diseases: psychosocial aspects
• Mental health and social work
• Respiratory disorders: psychosocial aspects
• Functioning, disability and health
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Cultural psychiatry.