"Medical model" of maladaptive behavior

Comments on I. G. Sarason and V. J. Ganzer's defense of the medical model of maladaptive behavior. The objection of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists is to the concept of the endogenous, primarily biological, genesis of behavior disorder, not to the failure to distinguish between the var...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1969-01, Vol.24 (1), p.73-73
Main Author: Theiner, Eric C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Disorders
Human
Humans
Medical Model
Mental Disorders - etiology
Models, Psychological
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Summary:Comments on I. G. Sarason and V. J. Ganzer's defense of the medical model of maladaptive behavior. The objection of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists is to the concept of the endogenous, primarily biological, genesis of behavior disorder, not to the failure to distinguish between the variety of existing medical models. (0 ref)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/h0037789