The biopsychosocial model of health and disease [electronic resource] : new philosophical and scientific developments / Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The biopsychosocial model: a diagnostic assessment.- Ch. 1. Much invoked -- but deeply flawed?.- Ch. 2. Locating the scientific and clinical content.- Ch. 3 The core theory problem: biopsychosocial causal interactions.- Ch. 4 The first step: updating the biomedical model.- Part II. Core non-reductionist concepts in biology and biomedicine.- Ch. 5 Biology.- Ch. 6 Physicalism.- Part III. Biology opens up to the BioPsychoSocial.- Ch. 7 The Biomedical Model opens up to the Biopsychosocial.- Ch. 8 The Psychological as Agency.- Ch. 9 Conditions of Agency.- Ch. 10 The socio-political : who gets to control what?.- Ch. 11 Biopsychosocial systems.- Part IV. Biopsychosocial conditions of health and disease.- Chapter 12. Conditions of biological, psychological and social life.- Chapter 13. Biopsychosocial conceptualisation of health conditions.- Chapter 14. Locating causes in biopsychosocial systems.- Chapter 15. Compare and contrast physical and mental health conditions.- Ch. 16 Locating the Biopsychosocial Model.

This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare.