DSH

Question 1

What is a biopsychosocial model?

Answer 1

• it organizes the symptoms
• health and illness is determined by bio,, psycho, and social factors
• helps understand the etiology of the illness
• allows the develop. of a management plan

Question 2

What is FORMULATION?

Answer 2

• tells us HOW the patient got the illness

- takes into account ALL the predisposing factors

Question 3

How does 3 major factors help us to formulate?

Answer 3

• find out about PREDISPOSING factors
• Precipitating factors (stressors/ events that lead to the symptom develop.)
• PERPETUATING
• PROTECTIVE factors