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Over the last few decades, a large body of research has clearly demonstrated that the traditional disease-focused, biomedical approach to illness management is less effective than a biopsychosocial, evidence-based, patient-centered approach. The utility of this more comprehensive approach has been evident for both a variety of chronic illnesses and, more recently, acute medical conditions. In contrast to the traditional biomedical model of illness, which typically reduces illness to a pathophysiologic disease process, a biopsychosocial approach accounts for the complex interaction among biologic, psychological, social, and behavioral factors [1].
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Vranceanu, AM., Greer, J.A., Safren, S.A. (2017). Introduction to the MGH Handbook of Behavioral Medicine. In: Vranceanu, AM., Greer, J., Safren, S. (eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Behavioral Medicine. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29294-6_1
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