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1 THEORIES OF MENTAL ILLNESS

2 TYPES OF THEORIES BIOLOGICAL – UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES COMMON TO EVERYONE
PSYCHOLOGICAL – PART OF INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHY SOCIAL – EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE

3 THREE THEORIES CONCEPT OF MENTAL ILLNESS CAUSE OF MENTAL ILLNESS
TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

4 CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL - M.I. PART OF INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL - M.I. IS DISCRETE GROUP OF SYMPTOMS THAT INDICATE DISEASE SOCIOLOGICAL - DISTRESS AS RESPONSE OF NORMAL PEOPLE

5 CAUSES PSYCHOLOGICAL - INTRA-INDIVIDUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
BIOLOGICAL - GENETIC AND NEUROCHEMICAL SOCIOLOGICAL - EXTERNAL STRESSORS, CONDITIONS, ROLES

6 TREATMENTS PSYCHOLOGICAL - CHANGE PERSONALITY
BIOLOGICAL - CHANGE BRAIN SOCIOLOGICAL - CHANGE CIRCUMSTANCES

7 PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES

8 MANY TYPES PETERSON CHAPTER PSYCHODYNAMIC - PSYCHOANALYTIC FOCUS HERE

9 HISTORY AROSE AT BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY
DOMINANT FOR MOST OF CENTURY STILL INFLUENTIAL BUT NOW BIOLOGICAL THEORY DOMINANT IN PSYCHIATRY COGNITIVE THEORY PROBABLY DOMINANT IN PSYCHOLOGY

10 SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939) BEFORE FREUD MENTAL ILLNESS = INSANITY
BIOLOGICAL CAUSES HOSPITAL TREATMENT AFTER FREUD MENTAL ILLNESS BROAD PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES OUTPATIENT TREATMENT

11 CONCEPT

12 DYNAMIC CONCEPT MENTAL ILLNESS CONTINUOUS WITH NORMALITY
SAME MECHANISMS UNDERLIE BOTH SYMPTOMS AS ASPECT OF TOTAL BIOGRAPHY

13 DIAGNOSES UNIMPORTANT
DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS HAVE SAME UNDERLYING DYNAMIC

14 DEP ALC ABUSE

15 SAME SYMPTOMS HAVE DIFFERENT DYNAMIC

16 FRIGID DISTANT CLOSE

17 CONCLUDE MUST INTENSIVELY ANALYZE EACH INDIVIDUAL TO UNDERSTAND AND TREAT SYMPTOMS

18 CAUSES

19 CAUSES OF MENTAL ILLNESS
ALL BEHAVIORS MOTIVATED MOTIVATIONS ARE UNCONSCIOUS UNCONSCIOUS ROOTED IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS (REAL OR PERCEIVED) ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT

20 CAUSES (CONT.) SYMPTOMS REPRESENT REGRESSIONS TO EARLIER STAGES - ORAL, ANAL, PHALLIC SEXUAL REPRESSIONS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT OEDIPUS COMPLEX - COMBINATION OF AGGRESSION AND SEXUALITY

21 INTRA-PSYCHIC CONFLICT
ID – INSTINCTS ESPECIALLY AGGRESSION AND SEXUALITY SUPEREGO – MORALITY EGO – ATTEMPTS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN ID AND SUPEREGO

22 DEFENSE MECHANISMS UNCONSCIOUS - PROTECT VS. ANXIETY
REPRESSION - MOST GENERAL PROJECTION - INTERNAL TO EXTERNAL INTROJECTION - EXTERNAL TO INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT - ONE EXTERNAL TO ANOTHER


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