biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. Healthy relationships, connection with work, school Healthy coping strategies History: Interviewing with the Biopsychosocial Model and Case Formulation In order to be able to use the biopsychosocial model and do case formulation, one needs to do a comprehensive psychiatric history, and not simply a DSM-5 symptom checklist. basic tenets of the biopsychosocial model seriously, but more could be done to pursue the linkages among sub-systems” (p. 121) [41]. This core theory involves new concepts and models in the health sciences, such as those implicating chronic stress as a key mechanism linking adverse psychoso-cial factors to poor health outcomes. This book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. Diagram of the Biopsychosocial model. Larson 39 identified four classes of models of health, including the biopsychosocial model. Physiotherapists must know how biopsychosocial factors interact in patients with chronic pain to explain the perpetuation of this condition and use it as a basis for planning the intervention program. The other three – biomedical, wellness, and environmental – can easily be considered as subsystems within the larger more inclusive, holistic biopsychosocial model and will not be considered further. According to the biopsychosocial model, it is the deep interrelation of all three factors (biological, psychological, social) that leads to a given outcome—each component on its own is insufficient to lead definitively to health or illness. The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Illness Dr. Shaheen E Lakhan This work is produced by The Connexions Project and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License y Abstract Aims to de ne the biopsychosocial model, explicate its implications in healthcare, characterize the Thus, a central issue regarding the BPS model and its use within contemporary health psychology and related medical fields involves the de-gree to which the three domains of the model are ex- The focus of this work is mainly on integrating biopsychosocial model in health discipline such as public health, psychology, psychiatry, medicine and all other allied health sciences. Key Points.