The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 191: 375-377. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037242
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The medical model is dead – long live the medical model

PREMAL SHAH, MD, MRCPsych and DEBORAH MOUNTAIN, MPhil, MRCPsych

Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, UK

Correspondence: Dr Premal Shah, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, UK. Email: premal.shah{at}lpct.scot.nhs.uk

Declaration of interest None.

Many people criticise, and psychiatrists apologise, for the use of the ‘medical model’. We examine what is currently meant by this term and suggest a refinement of definition to reflect the ideals and contemporary practice of medicine. We propose that psychiatrists should use the medical model to improve and validate bio-psychosocial psychiatric medicine.




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