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

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  • Álvaro Cavieres Universidad de Valparaíso
  • Pablo López-Silva Universidad de Valparaíso

Palabras clave:

Depression, Diagnosis, Mental Disorders

Resumen

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.

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2020-12-03

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Cavieres, Álvaro, & López-Silva, P. (2020). La Depresión como enfermedad: en defensa del modelo biomédico en psiquiatría. Revista Médica De Chile, 149(2). Recuperado a partir de https://mail.revistamedicadechile.cl/index.php/rmedica/article/view/8794

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