The medical model of psychology says all disorders are chemical and need to be treated with expensive drugs with a host of agonizing side effects. What if the medical model is wrong? What if your brain has valid reasons to adapt to your pain and terror? What if you can fix it?
Correct. The medical model has been our lens for interpreting mental health. However, there have been experiments to treat schizophrenia with intensive inpatient family therapy and zero meds, and the results far surpass medication in effectiveness and long-term wellbeing.