title: Integrating biologic and psychologic treatment: the need for a unitary model.
abstract: Psychiatric illness tends to be conceptualized as either a biologic or psychologic process, a dichotomy that is inevitably reflected in treatment. A unitary model encourages the psychotherapist to incorporate biologic modalities as a meaningful interaction within the therapy. The biologic therapist, in turn, can be more effective when aware that even severe mental illness is also a psychologic process. Causality cannot be inferred from severity of illness nor should it be used to rationalize a two-track approach to treatment. Biologic treatment should never be considered a treatment of last resort.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs