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Thread. The more I learn about the human brain the less I understand the resistance against "the medical model". I personally don't see a problem with the medical model. I do see huge problems in how the medical model is interpreted by some (flawed?human?) professionals. Also 1/x
in how the poorly funded mental health system treats people in an attempt to make money go as far as possible. The actual, evidence based "medical model" isn't really very radical. It's based on evidence and seems to recognise that human bodies and minds are complex and 2/x
mental health difficulties have complex origins. Knowledge from neurology shows us how problems with specific parts of brain can cause a multitude of different behaviours, emotions, sensations and movements. Yet some people still seem to find it difficult to believe that some 3/x
mental health problems could have a physical component amongst the causes. We now know that some mental health problems have a stronger genetic component than others. Even those with that genetic component are not as simple as brain chemistry "gone wrong". What we are talking 4/x
about is a vulnerability that seems to pass on genetically. Something about a different anatomical/physiological/biochemical build that means some individuals are more likely to get unwell when experiencing adversities/trauma in life. So basically stress vulnerability model 5/x
where some of the stressors causing us to become unwell might be traumatic events, some biological qualities of our brain, some societal injustices or adversities, lack or loss of role or community, illness etc. We know we don't know very much but there seems to be such 6/
powerful wish to define the little that we know and/or what we don't know and shove it in a nicely contained little box. But humans are complex, knowledge is vast and we are small(and not as clever as we think). We continue to try to learn more. But not knowing is OK too. 7/7
