By September 3, 2012 Read More →

The Biopsychosocial Model

Sorry for the delay in posts. Winter has not been kind for illness!

For those not familiar with the Biopsychosocial model I would recommend that you read the following article in relation to the to biopsychosocial model.

  • Gatchel RJ, Peng YB, Peters ML, Fuchs PN, Turk DC. The biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain: scientific advances and future directions. Psychological Bulletin (2007); 133 (4):581-624.
  • Copies can be found on google scholar.

The following article is also of interest as it provides a perspective on how this model may now act as a “hinderance”.

  • Quintner JL. Cohen ML, Buchanan D, Katz JD, Williamson OD. Pain medicine and its models: helping or hindering? Pain Medicine (2008);9(7):824-833.
  • This article can be dowloaded from the Pain Australia site on this page

I have already posted about “Fear”. What I want to explore over the next few posts are how various psychosocial aspects can interact to influence the “bio” aspect of our patients. Concluding with how they all inter-relate.

So the posts might seem a bit disjointed for a little while…stick with me!
Posted in: Clinical Reasoning, Psychosocial Factors

About the Author:

Mark is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who consults at both Insight Physiotherapy and Pain Options, in Perth, Western Australia. He specialises in the assessment and management of persistent/chronic musculoskeletal pain. In addition to his clinical role he maintains regular involvement in education of the profession having held a Teaching Fellow position at the University of Western Australia for 10 years and regularly presenting at courses and seminars through the Australian Physiotherapy Association and private education sector. Mark is also a Facilitator for the Australian College of Physiotherapists Specialisation Training Program and a Sessional Academic at Curtin University. The views expressed on this blog are his own.

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