Toward a Biopsychosocial Welfare State?

Nadine Reibling is Professor at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences and heads the MEPYSO research group at the University of Siegen, Germany. Mareike Ariaans has held positions as Research Associate at the University of Siegen and the University of Mannheim, Germany. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Mannheim in 2021.

• Introduction.- The biopsychosocial welfare state: A theoretical framework.- Medicine, psychology, and the welfare state.- Unemployment – A case for medicine and psychology?.- Poverty – More than just a lack of material resources?.- Childhood in crisis – Are medicine and psychology part of the problem or part of the solution?.- Neoliberalism and social investment: Paving the way for medicalization and psychologization.- The biopsychosocial welfare state: A new perspective on social policy.