... as being a cause of abnormality. Another example for schizophrenia, which a biochemical causal perspective states is caused by excess dopamine in the brain. Finally is the neuroanatomical perspective which states the cause of abnormality as being related to disorders in the anatomy of the brain. This stance is often taken when trying to explain psychopathological patients and their behaviour. The biomedical model is well renowned for advocating, therefore, the killing of germs, the restoration of the brains chemical balance and the halting of mental degradation. This, with relevance to this essay is done with treatments which either involve drugs or are exclusive in their use of drugs as a form of treatment. Also, due to the fact that the biomedical model sees mental illness as having a physical/biological cause, drugs are often used as antibiotics would b used to treat a bodily infection such as athlete's foot. What follows ...

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