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The medical model of mental and behavioral problems is a lot better than the moralistic model. But physical health is also a poor metaphor for mental health, a
by panglott 9y ago
The medical model of mental and behavioral problems is a lot better than the moralistic model.
But physical health is also a poor metaphor for mental health, and this article reveals some of the reasons why. Like the doctor comparing the antidepressant use to insulin, even if the doctor was just trying to de-stigmatize the anti-depressants.
But human minds and personalities grow and change in response to the environment they're in and as part of normal aging and development.
- psyc 9y agoI wish the biopsychosocial model would catch on. Maybe it needs a catchier name.
- kolinko 9y agoI'm building a browser game that educates people in this. There is nothing I can publish yet, but shoot me an e-mail (kolinko@gmail.com), and I'd love to discuss it in more detail. (I hope I don't break any HN rules with this comment - there is no landing page, and I don't have a public pitch I could share here yet).