La depresión como enfermedad: en defensa del modelo biomédico en psiquiatría

• Autores: Álvaro Cavieres F., Pablo López-Silva
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 149, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 274-280
• Idioma: español
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  • In defense of the biomedical model in psychiatry. the case of depression
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  • Defining what is meant by “mental illness” has three dimensions: (i) the ontological dimension, which attempts to answer the question of what is a mental illness in itself, (ii) the scientific dimension, which attempts to identify its causes, and (iii) the practical dimension, which will seek a treatment. This article uses depression to examine how various conceptual alternatives in contemporary literature attempted to tackle the problem of what is a mental illness. After evaluating the scope of their proposals in the three dimensions mentioned above, it is concluded that the biomedical model could become a good candidate for developing a useful framework for understanding, having a scientific explanation and treating depression.