Question

The ______ model of mental illness explains that disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia are caused by chemical imbalances, genetic problems, brain damage or dysfunction, or some combination of those causes.a. biologicalb. psychodynamicc. naturalisticd. cognitive-behavioral

Answer 1

biological

Step-by-step explanation:

Biological model of mental illness is operated on the assumption that the mental illness that occurs people happened because of physical defect that occurs in their body. (this includes things such as chemical imbalance, genetic problem, etc)

When professionals adopted this model to treat patient, they will put more emphasis on the usage of drugs to fix the physical defects rather than focusing on changing the behavior or the mental condition of the patients.