Health Psychology Challenges the Assumptions underlying the Biomedical Model
A critical Review of Literature on the Development of the Biopsychosocial Model Health Psychology Challenges the Assumptions underlying the Biomedical Model Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Faculty of Health Department of Psychology Joseph Akech Deng Alol MSc Psychology This work is an assignment that has been submitted to the University for academic purposes A Summative Assessment Point May 20, 2021 The Biopsychosocial model was initially theorized by George Engel in 1977 proposing that, in order to know an individual's medical problem, it is not all about the biological issues to deliberate on but to also pay attention to his/her psychological and social issues. This paper discusses two models; Biopsychosocial Model (BPS) and Biomedical Model (BM). The Biopsychosocial Model mainly focuses on social impacts, environmental and psychological factors of an individual regarding the sickness, while Biomedical Model purely focuses on Biological fact