Description
Book SynopsisTimothy P. Melchert presents a unified, science-based, biopsychosocial framework for behavioral healthcare in the 21st century. He lays out the essential scientific and ethical foundations of the framework and then applies it across the treatment process, from intake through outcome assessment.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
I. Conceptual Foundations of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Behavioral Health Care
- The Foundational Framework of the Biopsychosocial Approach
- Scientific Foundations of Behavioral Health Care
- Ethical Foundations of Behavioral Health Care
II. The Public We Serve: Its Biopsychosocial Circumstances
- Psychological Functioning
- Sociocultural Factors
- Physical Health
- Biopsychosocial Factors Interacting Over Time: A Developmental Perspective
III. The Behavioral Health Care Treatment Process From the Biopsychosocial Perspective
- Assessment
- Treatment Planning
- Treatment
- Outcomes Assessment
IV. Additional Implications of the Biopsychosocial Approach
- Public Health Perspective on Behavioral Health
- Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Primary Health Care
- The Potential and Promise of Biopsychosocial Behavioral Health Care
References
Index
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