The biopsychosocial model implies treatment of disease process requires that the health care team address biological, psychological and social pressures upon a patient's functioning. In a philosophical intelligence, the biopsychosocial model states that the workings of the body can influence the mind, and the workings of the mind can affect the body. This means both a direct interaction between mind and body as well as indirect effects through midway factors.

The biopsychosocial model presumes that it is significant to handle the three together as a growing body of empirical literature proposes that patient perceptions of health and threat of disease, as well as barriers in a patient's social or cultural environment, appears to influence the probability that a patient will engage in health-promoting or treatment behaviors, such as medication taking, right diet, engaging in physical activity.

While operating from a BPS framework needs that more information be gathered throughout a consultation, a growing trend in US healthcare includes the integration of professional services through integrated disciplinary teams, to give better care and address the patient's requires at all three levels.