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Adam D Hunt¹, Paul St-John Smith², Riadh Abed²

¹Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Summary

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The evobiopsychosocial framework enhances healthcare by integrating evolutionary theory into the biopsychosocial model. This approach offers deeper causal understanding for medical conditions and guides research, treatment, and prevention strategies.

Keywords:

biopsychosocial education evolutionary medicine healthcare

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Area of Science:

Integrative medicine
Evolutionary biology
Medical anthropology

Background:

The current biopsychosocial model in healthcare lacks evolutionary depth and scientific rigor.
Understanding health and disease requires incorporating evolutionary theory.

Purpose of the Study:

To update the biopsychosocial model by integrating Tinbergen's four questions and the three biopsychosocial levels.
To propose the 'evobiopsychosocial' schema as a more complete framework for medical causation.

Main Methods:

Integration of Tinbergen's four questions (causation, development, evolution, function) with the three biopsychosocial levels (biological, psychological, social).
Application of the evobiopsychosocial schema to specific medical conditions like depression, rheumatoid arthritis, and COVID-19.

Main Results:

The evobiopsychosocial schema provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the causation of medical conditions.
Exemplification demonstrates unique research and practical applications offered by evolutionary medicine.

Conclusions:

The evobiopsychosocial framework offers a more complete understanding of medical conditions by incorporating evolutionary medicine.
This schema can introduce evolutionary concepts into mainstream medicine, improving research, treatment, and prevention.