BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN

  • Margarita M Gurova Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University; Clinical diagnostic center for children; Belgorod State Research University 194100, Saint-Рetersburg; 192289, Saint-Рetersburg; 308015, Belgorod, Belgorod region
Keywords: biopsychosocial model, functional gastroenterological disorders

Abstract

The creation of a biopsychosocial model or paradigm was a significant step in understanding the genesis of not only functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, but also other chronic diseases, since it overcame the limitations of the biomedical model. The idea of creating a biopsychosocial model belongs to the scientist, therapist and psychoanalyst G. Engel. The application of the model contributed to the identification of risk factors for the development of diseases, the understanding of multifactoriality and comorbidity as an integral part of pathomorphosis, and determined strategies for diagnosing and treating patients. The lecture describes the importance of the biopsychosocial model both for medicine in general and for pediatric gastroenterology. It is shown that the biopsychosocial model makes it possible to harmoniously consider the complex processes of disease formation, formulate optimal research and therapeutic strategies, and propose scientific principles of prevention. In the future, this model can be organically supplemented by emerging new data from genetics, genomics, and other “omics” technologies in medicine.

Author Biography

Margarita M Gurova, Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University; Clinical diagnostic center for children; Belgorod State Research University 194100, Saint-Рetersburg; 192289, Saint-Рetersburg; 308015, Belgorod, Belgorod region
Litovskaya str., 2; st. Oleko Dundycha, 36, building 2; st. Victory, 85; MD, DSc, Leading Researcher, Head of the Department of Abdominal Pathology with Endoscopy and Functional Diagnostics.
Published
2022-08-29
How to Cite
Gurova, M. M. (2022). BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN. Children’s Medicine of the North-West, 10(3), 5-11. Retrieved from https://ojs3.gpmu.org/index.php/childmed/article/view/4126
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