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Medical model and Psychotherapy

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Difference between Medical model and Psychotherapy

Medical model vs. Psychotherapy

Medical model is the term coined by psychiatrist R. D. Laing in his The Politics of the Family and Other Essays (1971), for the "set of procedures in which all doctors are trained". Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in desired ways.

Similarities between Medical model and Psychotherapy

Medical model and Psychotherapy have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Evidence-based medicine, Psychiatrist, R. D. Laing, Social constructionism.

Evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an approach to medical practice intended to optimize decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from well-designed and well-conducted research.

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Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.

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R. D. Laing

Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis.

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Social constructionism

Social constructionism or the social construction of reality (also social concept) is a theory of knowledge in sociology and communication theory that examines the development of jointly constructed understandings of the world that form the basis for shared assumptions about reality.

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Medical model and Psychotherapy Comparison

Medical model has 28 relations, while Psychotherapy has 293. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 1.25% = 4 / (28 + 293).

References

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