Commitment of Mentally IllCriminal LawWashington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA. gerard@wulaw.wustl.edudoi:10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00015-6Gerard JBInt J Law PsychiatryInternational Journal of Law & PsychiatryGerard J. (1999): «The medical model of mental illness. Its application ...
This study inquires into some polemics concerning the notion of mentalillness or disease. Some central arguments in the debate on psychiatry, of the 1960's... T Svensson - 《American Journal of Physiology》 被引量: 13发表: 1995年 The medical model of mental illness. Its application to the ...
Optimal arousal is a psychological construct referring to a level of mental stimulation at which physical performance, learning, or temporary feelings of well-being are maximized (Smith 1990). It can also be described as the degree of energy release and the intensity of readiness. Closely associate...
TWO CRITICISMS OF THE MENTAL ILLNESS CONCEPT See, for instance, Begelman, D.A., "Two Criticisms of the Mental Illness Concept," Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1965, 141:598-604; and "Misnaming, Metaphors, the Medical Model, and Some Muddles," Psychiatry 1971, 34... BEGELMAN,A...
The term shenzhi means 'spirit-mind' and refers to the five spirits (shen, hun, po, yi, zhi) of early Chinese medical theorising. The theory of shenzhi provides a conceptual model that helps to explain Chinese medicine's perspective on human consciousness and body-mind physiology. Each ...
The Biopsychosocial Model of Illness (“the BPS model”), first conceptualized in 1977 by George Engel, broadens the prevailing biomedical model of illness. The biomedical model views illness as attributable to causes located within the body. The prevalence of medical tests, procedures, and treatment...
The undifferentiated response is a key element in the historical path of psychiatry. In fact, the first psychiatric revolution that took place during the Renaissance overcame the magical religious beliefs about the origin of mental illness, leading it to a clinical–natural level. The second revoluti...
In this article I will show that, until now, psychology has operated under an assumption for which there was and is little evidence, and that we are in the midst of a complete change in the understanding of mental illness. I will show that the end result of the present revolution will ...
J O'Neill - 《Canadian Review of Sociology/revue Canadienne De Sociologie》 被引量: 69发表: 1986年 The Sociology of Mental Health: Surveying the Field This subject matter encompasses the medical model and alternative perspectives, including the social construction of mental illness, the medicalizatio...
Contemporary classification systems, such as the International Classification of Disease (ICD-11) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), explain “dysfunction” by adopting a medical illness model that assumes that symptoms reflect latent disease entities. In this ...