The medical model in mental health : an explanation and evaluation / Ahmed Samei Huda. [electronic resource]
Series: Oxford medicine onlinePublisher: [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:- text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 9780191845017 (ebook) :
- 616.89075 23
- RC469
Item type | Home library | Class number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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E-book | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay - Furness NHS Library | Link to resource | Not for loan | ||||
E-book | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay - Lancaster NHS Library | Link to resource | Not for loan |
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The medical model is a biopsychosocial model assessing a patient's problems and matching them to the diagnostic construct using pattern recognition of clinical features. This work explains the medical model and how it applies in mental health, and defends psychiatry as a medical practice.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 16, 2019).