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Biopsychosocial practice: A science-based framework for behavioral health care.

DOI: 10.1037/14441-000

Publisher: American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association

Aug 11, 2014

1 - 10 of 15 Chapters

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Introduction.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 3 –7

The four parts of this book lay out a logical approach to conceptualizing behavioral health care. The first part comprises three chapters that address the basic conceptual framework needed to place the profession on firm scientific and ethical foundations. Part II includes three chapters that...
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The foundational framework of the biopsychosocial approach.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 11 –28

A great deal is now known about the interactions between biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences on human growth and development. Much remains to be learned, to be sure, but enough is now known about the human mind and brain that behavioral health care education and practice can...
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Scientific foundations of behavioral health care.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 29 –59

A science-based biopsychosocial approach to understanding human development and functioning is fundamentally different in some important ways from traditional approaches to education and practice in the field. This chapter explains the basis for these differences and why it is vital for the field...
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Ethical foundations of behavioral health care.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 61 –95

This chapter reviews the reasons why professional ethics is fundamental in the practice of behavioral health care and notes some of the recent research on moral reasoning and behavior as well as the evolutionary origins of human cooperation and ethics. That discussion is followed by a summary of...
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Psychological functioning.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 99 –110

The definition of behavioral health care proposed in Chapter 1 notes that “behavioral health care involves the clinical application of behavioral science and professional ethics to address behavioral health needs and promote biopsychosocial functioning” (p. 20). This definition has several...
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Sociocultural factors.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 111 –121

Behavioral health care has made major strides in recognizing the importance of sociocultural factors in individuals’ development and functioning over the past half century. Since the Civil Rights era, there is far greater recognition of the many ways that gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion,...
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Physical health.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 123 –132

This chapter provides an overview of the general medical health status of the U.S. public. It begins with a summary of the data on the prevalence of medical conditions in general and the prevalence of chronic disease, followed by an overview of the primary causes of disease and death and a...
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Biopsychosocial factors interacting over time: A developmental perspective.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 133 –145

The developmental biopsychosocial perspective is tremendously complex. Indeed, the human mind and brain appears to be the most complex system known to exist. Nonetheless, research advances over recent decades have been steadily unraveling this complexity, and a great deal is now known about how...
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Assessment.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 149 –182

This chapter outlines the general conceptual framework for a unified science-based biopsychosocial approach to behavioral health care assessment. The following chapters then show how to use that information to plan and carry out treatment, monitor its progress, and assess its effectiveness at...
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Treatment planning.

Melchert, Timothy P.

Pages: 183 –209

This chapter examines the basic conceptual issues and process involved in approaching behavioral health treatment planning from a biopsychosocial perspective. It covers the treatment planning process from beginning to end, emphasizing the important decisions that must be made and the important...

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