Biological Approach - 1980s

• Real World Application

  Led to the development of psychoactive drugs which treat disorders such as schizophrenia and depression
• Drugs do not work for everyone

  Andrea Cipriani ( 2018 ) compared 21 antidepressants and found variety in effectiveness

  Most drugs were more effective than placebos , researchers concluded that the effects of antidepressant in general were mainly modest

  Challenges value of Bio App as it suggests brain chemistry alone may not account for all cases of mental health issues
• Biological Approach is very scientific

  Wide range of precise and highly objective methods , MRIs and EEGs

  Technological advances = possible to accurately measure physiological and neural processes in wats not open to bias

  Means much of Bio App is based on objective and reliable data