This is the first book-length historical critique of
psychiatry's mainstream ideology, the biopsychosocial (BPS)
model.
Developed in the twentieth century as an outgrowth of
psychosomatic medicine, the biopsychosocial model is seen as an
antidote to the constraints of the medical model of psychiatry.
Nassir Ghaemi details the origins and evolution of the BPS model
and explains how, where, and why it fails to live up to its
promises. He analyzes the works of its founders, George Engel and
Roy Grinker Sr., traces its rise in acceptance, and discusses its
relation to the thought of William Osler and Karl Jaspers.
In assessing the biopsychosocial model, Ghaemi provides a
philosophically grounded evaluation of the concept of mental
illness and the relation between evidence-based medicine and
psychiatry. He argues that psychiatry's conceptual core is
eclecticism, which in the face of too much freedom paradoxically
leads many of its adherents to enact their own dogmas. Throughout,
he makes the case for a new paradigm of medical humanism and
method-based psychiatry that is consistent with modern science
while incorporating humanistic aspects of the art of medicine.
Ghaemi shows how the historical role of the BPS model as a
reaction to biomedical reductionism is coming to an end and urges
colleagues in the field to embrace other, less-eclectic
perspectives.
General
Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
2011 |
Authors: |
S. Nassir Ghaemi
(Professor and Director, Mood Disorders Program)
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4214-0775-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
Psychiatry
|
LSN: |
1-4214-0775-2 |
Barcode: |
9781421407753 |
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