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Baseline and key shift

Baseline and key shift

Concept map linking alternatives to the medical model with branches for behaviourist, cognitive, humanistic and Szasz, plus a side box showing diagnosis and biological causes in the medical model

The medical model treats mental disorders as illnesses with biological causes, diagnoses and physical treatments such as medication. Alternatives react against that starting point by asking whether distress can also be explained through learning, thinking, personal growth and social labelling.

Alternatives to the medical model Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Alternatives to the medical model

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Psychology Alternatives to the medical model. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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