Although the biopsychosocial model of health is a useful model of health, it may

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Although the biopsychosocial model of health is a useful model of health, it may present possible challenges in implementation. What are the benefits and challenges to using this model of health (mental and physical) in the health and helping professions? How does this model differ from the biomedical model? Use specific examples from your personal and/or professional life. Be sure to only disclose to your comfort level, and if you use examples of others, change their names to protect their identity. Please include two sources

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The biopsychosocial model of health aims to confabulate the three components in order to have a well rounded view of an individual well being by focusing on three characteristic the bio (genetic, anatomy oriented) the psycho (behavior and personality, emotions) the social (the family, social environment).

But there has been backlash that his model has been experiencing as there are critics that claim that this is the over medicalization of a term that does not hold any such ground and is a euphemism for the plain psychosomatic illness.

Although there are many of the belief that by the integration of the three components and by studying the three components as whole it can lead a professional to a more nuanced and well informed analysis of the given patient as it includes all three primary factors that can affect an individual profoundly.

On the other hand, the biomedical model of health focuses predominantly on one solitary aspect that is the biological factors that can affect the well being of an individual.

Comorbidity is something that one comes across quite often, for example depression being prevalent with a patient of cancer. There is concurrent existence of two diseases. This is where the biopsychosocial model comes into the picture.

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