Biopsychosocial Approach

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What is the biopsychosocial approach?

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A method developed by Drs. George Engel and John Romano that considers biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding health and illness.

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What does the biopsychosocial approach emphasize in training programs?

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The importance of understanding human health and illness in their fullest contexts.

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What are the three factors considered in the biopsychosocial approach?

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Biological, psychological, and social factors.

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How do biological, psychological, and social factors exist according to the biopsychosocial approach?

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They exist along a continuum of natural systems.

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What is required for the systematic consideration of psychological and social factors?

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Application of relevant social sciences.

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What is the biomedical approach's view on understanding phenomena?

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It takes a reductionistic view that all phenomena are best understood at the lowest level of natural systems.

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What qualities are valued in the biopsychosocial approach?

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Humanistic qualities.

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What should clinicians recognize when applying the biopsychosocial approach?

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That relationships are central to providing health care.

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What role does self-awareness play in the biopsychosocial approach?

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It serves as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool.

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What is important to elicit from the patient in the biopsychosocial approach?

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The patient’s history in the context of life circumstances.