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May 29, 2026Communications MedicineOpen Access

Applying a causal biopsychosocial model to guide medicine and psychiatry fifty years after Engel

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RKRoland von Känel

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Overview

Perspective calls for integrating causal frameworks in medicine and psychiatry to enhance research and patient care.

Key Points

  • The aim is to advocate for a causal biopsychosocial model that enhances research and clinical practice in medicine and psychiatry.
  • Review of the biopsychosocial model's historical context and contemporary applications.
  • Analysis of modern methodologies, including computational modeling and network analysis.
  • Discussion of the need for an integrative approach in education and patient care.
  • Calls for a transition from checklist-based approaches to causal frameworks in practice.
  • Highlights modern tools that can better test and model biological, psychological, and social interactions.
  • Suggests that current practices underutilize the potential of integrative models for patient care.

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Roland von Känel (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a192dbbfab5b468c4416921https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01700-9
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