Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences
Source ISSN
1877-0428
Abstract
Psychology has been remarkably successful as a scientific discipline and field of clinical practice. Despite its remarkable growth, however, the field has also experienced substantial conflict and controversy. There has been great diversity in the approaches counselors and psychologists have used to understand development, psychopathology, and the goals and processes of psychotherapy. This has led to large numbers of conflicts and controversies that have distracted the field from its primary purposes. A biopsychosocial approach has the potential to bring the field together around a unified science-based framework for understanding mental health practice that will avoid these conflicts.
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Recommended Citation
Melchert, Timothy, "The growing need for a unified biopsychosocial approach in mental health care" (2010). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 494.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/494
Comments
Published version. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 5 (2010): 356-361. DOI. © 2010 Elsevier. Used with permission.