The Biological Medical Model of Abnormality
The Biological Medical Model of AbnormalityThe Biological approach to abnormality regards a mental disorder as an ‘illness’ rather then a ‘disease.’ This is because mental disorders are thought to be related to the physical structure and functioning of the brain. According to this model of abnormality, mental disorders are thought to have an organic basis, such as a brain tumour.
The biological understanding of mental disorders include the role played by biochemicals. Functional disorders are now also thought to be physical in origin, symptoms occurring as a consequence of biochemical changes in the brain, which result in a dysfunction of neurotransmitters.
Genetic research has highlighted that some people may be genetically at risk of developing a mental disorder as it passes through generations through DNA. Individuals may inherit predisposition’s to certain illnesses. These predisposition’s are carried on through genes which pass from one generation to the next.
The Biological model suggests that because mental problems are viewed as a physical illness, then physical treatments seem the most appropriate...
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