A Defense of Retaining Some Aspects of the Medical Model

question 42

Multiple Choice

A defense of retaining some aspects of the medical model is provided by Wakefield (1992) , who states:

• A) some physical illnesses are diagnosed on the basis of associated dysfunction alone; in the future we will acquire more knowledge about physical correlates of mental disorders.
• B) psychological symptoms invariably have physical processes which are causal.
• C) decisions to intervene or not must be made on a categorical basis; serious mental illness requires professionals to think like doctors.
• D) reliability will be improved by focusing on the underlying physical processes responsible for mental disorders.
• E) at this point the most effective interventions are pharmacological.

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