1 0
    £60.85 GBP
    £60.85 GBP
    Sale Sold out
    Free UK Shipping

    Freshly Printed - allow 7 days lead

    Biopsychosocial Practice
    A Science-Based Framework for Behavioral Health Care

    Timothy P. Melchert (Author)

    9781433817618

    Hardback, published 18 August 2014

    352 pages
    25.4 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.818 kg

    Throughout the history of mental health practice, conflicting and irreconcilable theories have caused confusion about how disorders form, what they look like, and how they should be assessed and treated. But thanks to dramatic scientific advances in recent years, these patchwork theories can now be replaced by a unified, science-based, biopsychosocial framework for behavioral healthcare.

    This book presents the essential scientific and ethical foundations of the biopsychosocial framework and then applies it across the treatment process, from intake through outcome assessment. In doing so, the book provides a critical basis for the increasingly integrated healthcare systems of the 2 st century.

    Introduction

    I. Conceptual Foundations of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Behavioral Health Care

    1. The Foundational Framework of the Biopsychosocial Approach
    2. Scientific Foundations of Behavioral Health Care
    3. Ethical Foundations of Behavioral Health Care

    II. The Public We Serve: Its Biopsychosocial Circumstances

    1. Psychological Functioning
    2. Sociocultural Factors
    3. Physical Health
    4. Biopsychosocial Factors Interacting Over Time: A Developmental Perspective

    III. The Behavioral Health Care Treatment Process From the Biopsychosocial Perspective

    1. Assessment
    2. Treatment Planning
    3. Treatment
    4. Outcomes Assessment

    IV. Additional Implications of the Biopsychosocial Approach

    1. Public Health Perspective on Behavioral Health
    2. Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Primary Health Care
    3. The Potential and Promise of Biopsychosocial Behavioral Health Care

    References

    Index

    About the Author
    View full details