Excellent article! I have long wanted to move away from the disease model and I dislike the labeling effect that diagnoses tend to have. I prefer to focus on peoples strengths and the ability they have to heal themselves. We must move away from the disease model, which assumes that emotional distress is merely symptomatic of biological illness, and instead embrace a model of mental health and well-being that recognizes our essential and shared humanity. Our mental health is largely dependent on our understanding of the world and our thoughts about ourselves, other people, the future and the world. Biological factors, social factors and circumstantial factors — our human experience — affect the key psychological processes that help us build up our sense of who we are and the way the world works. blogs.scientificamerican/mind-guest-blog/2014/11/17/why-we-need-to-abandon-the-disease-model-of-mental-health-care/
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:02:02 +0000
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