Analyze your colleague’s post about the two models in relation to the medical social work profession. Expand on your colleague’s post about the medical model and the biopsychosocial model in the delivery of medical social work services.
Provide a constructive critique of your colleague’s post on the compatibility of the biopsychosocial model in the future.
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Looking at the person in environment it consists of focusing on the individual’s interactions with different systems. According to Kondrat (2017) the person in environment provides more adequate framework for assessing an individual and his/her presenting problem and strengths than an approach that focuses on solely on changing an individual’s behavior or psyche, or one that focuses on the environmental conditions.
After reading the passage by Engel (2012), the model was made by a medical scientist for the study of diseases. When looking at the model there is no room for social, psychological or behavior dimensions of illnesses. So, it does not take into account the patient’s environment. The biopsychosocial model considers that social context, the patient and illnesses (Engel, 2012). Considering bother of these models seek to improve the situation that the client is in.
Both biomedical and the biopsychosocial models, they both have their disadvantages. One of the disadvantages of the biomedical model is when a client is being diagnosed with a very specific disorder it can be difficult because other factors are influencing the diagnosis. An example if Schizophrenia, according to Engel (2012) there is evidence that genetic and environmental influences this. One advantage of the biomedical is there technical procedures and lab measurements. One advantage of the biopsychosocial model is it is very difficult to learn according to Kontos (2011). One advantage of the biopsychosocial model is the clients are apart of this process meaning they participate.
Looking at the person in environment perspective, it relies on the concept of the biopsychosocial model, it focuses on the client’s environment. It takes into consideration the biological problems of the client, and the psychological issues of the client as well as the effect on society.