Psychodynamic theory backs up Carlisle’s theory by the explanation of the ID, controls the seeking pleasure and impulses. These people suffer from weak egos developed by poor social skills and other factors dealing with everyday life. This makes a person over time turn to the fantasy when stressed or feelings of emptiness. The dark side starts to become stronger and takes over the “good” side, they start being controlled by their “Dark side”. “Over time the dark
They may say they hear voices telling them what to do. Schizophrenia is one type of psychosis, it is a lack of insight, and they hallucinate, and have feelings of persecution. They may have suffered damage to their personalities as a child, which makes them powerless to control their impulses. They go with their need without thinking about if it’s right or wrong or the
Contrary to that, there are also multiple similarities between their societal behaviors involving mental illnesses and ours. In Jane Eyre, there can be many arguments made on characters that can be considered ‘mentally incompetent’ or ‘insane’. One example would be Aunt Reed, who found it impossible to care for Jane as her own child simply because she did not like the child’s mother. Today, Aunt Reed would be designated as having Avoidant Attachment Disorder. This mental illness would be diagnosed based upon her hostility, her criticism, her self-important image and her lack of empathy towards Jane.
About Object Relation Theory the psychoanalysts Joseph Sandler and Anne Marie Sandler, state in their paper ‘On the development of object relationships and affects’ that ‘The topic is not an easy one to discuss because the psychoanalytical theory of object Relationships is far from satisfactory, and our theory of affect is, at best, in a state of healthy and constructive chaos’. (Sandler, 1978, p. 285-96) Object relation theory is concerned with the consequences of an individual’s relationships with the external world through their internal psychic world. Klein believed that the psyche and personality of an individual develops as a direct result of the relationships made with people, which are then internalised unconsciously as ‘Object relationships’ or ‘Phantasies’ within the mind. ‘…the child’s earliest reality is wholly phantastical’. (Klein M , 1930 p.238) That is to say, it is a theory that explains why and how childhood experience and relationships affect all relationships in the present.
Assess the usefulness of Labelling theory for understanding mental illness The Labelling Theory of mental illness suggests that those in power (e.g. doctors, nurses, psychiatrists etc.) label abnormality when it deviates from social norms in less powerful groups; in terms of mental health, labelling suggests that people obtain labels from how others perceive their tendencies or behaviour. The label created by those in the powerful groups override the roles that s/he may already have; this is known as the master status. Thomas Scheff (1966) argued that mental illness does not exist; it is label applied to deviant behaviour.
In addition the cognitive approach takes no account of biological or genetic factors in psychopathology. However it does emphasise the important role of cognitive factors in psychological disorders. Moreover, in some cases disorders such as depression may lead to dysfunctional thinking rather than the other way
Schizophrenia “Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions and motor abnormalities. “ (Comer, 426) Schizophrenia comes from the Latin language “ split minds,” individuals with this mental illness tend to lose connections to the real world and they isolate in their own thoughts that pervade their minds. Psychosis is the loss of contact with reality and it always appears in form of schizophrenia. The causes could be genetic or environmental. The symptoms for this mental illness are in positive symptoms that include excessive thoughts and disturbances of perception, hallucinations and delusions are also part of signs.
He viewed childhood as dominated by conflictual sexuality and personality as an intricate net of impulses and defenses (Mitchell & Black, 1995). In addition, he identified two classes of instincts in humans, namely the Eros (sexual instinct) and Thanatos (death instinct), which played a central role in conflict and psychopathology (Freud, 1923). It appears that, according to Freud’s vision, all mental life and human behavior were propelled by unconscious drives and impulses. He saw human beings in a state of constant struggle with impulses and forbidden wishes and that this conflict was what people were truly made of. However, even though there is no denial of inner human conflict, drives, impulses, or even the unconscious, the vision of humans that Freud paints seems devoid of free will.
What causes dissociative identity disorder? While there is no proven specific cause of DID, the prevailing psychological theory about how the condition develops is as a reaction to childhood trauma. Specifically, it is thought that one way that some individuals respond to being severely traumatized as a young child is to wall off, in other words, to dissociate those memories. When that reaction becomes extreme, DID may be the result. As with other mental disorders, having a family member with DID may indicate a potential vulnerability to developing the disorder but does not translate into the condition being literally hereditary.
Psychodynamic Theories Psychodynamic theories are those propounded by Sigmund Freud, which further describe the conflict among instincts, reasons, and conscience. Although many different psychodynamic theories exist, they all emphasize unconscious motives and desires, as well as the importance of childhood experiences in shaping personality. Psychodynamic theory is a view that explains personality in terms of conscious and unconscious forces, such as unconscious desires and beliefs. Psychoanalytic Theory The psychoanalytic theory focuses on the role of experiences, the unconscious, and emotions that shape one’s personality. It is based on three main assumptions: 1.