Beyond the Disease Model of Mental Disorders

Dr. Kiesler's book demonstrates that mental disorders are not the result of singular causal factors, but are caused by a particular combination of biological, psychological, and sociological developmental influences. Rather than continuing to adopt unicausal explanation, Kiesler carefully documents how the field of psychopathology needs a multicausal, biopsychosocial model as a universal theoretical and research guide. This work will be of interest to those students and scientists in the disciplines of psychopathology--psychiatry, psychology, sociology, social work, etc.