Psychopathology

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Where can I find a simple explanation on Models/Paradigms of mental disorders example linear and circular view according to the medical and systemic model.

Please.

-- Soretha (jacobs_deon@hotmail.com), August 16, 2003

Answers

It sounds like you're looking for the basic explanation of how systemic theories (i.e., family psychology theories) differ from the medical model. This is often included in introductory family psychology texts. You might try an encycopedia of psychology for the entries on cybernetics or systems theory. But this sounds like a question straight from an exam for a psychopathology course. Why not start with the textbook?

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), August 18, 2003.

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