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How do differing psychoanalytic models approach the causal factors of mental disorder and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach?
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Abnormal Psychology - Best Practice How do differing psychoanalytic models approach the causal factors of mental disorder and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach? Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is world renown as the father of psychoanalysis and when he put forward his theory in the 1890's desires and fantasies of a sexual nature were not culturally acceptable. Therefore, these yearnings and flights of fancy were ethnically discouraged, much less talked about, and were repressed by the individuals experiencing them. However, after discussion with individuals exhibiting neurotic and/or hysterical symptoms, Freud concluded that their problems stemmed from these unconscious desires. He claimed that most of humankind's mental activity is essentially unconscious; that is, the unconscious is a hidden reservoir filled with drives and impulses that govern an individual's behaviour (www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm). Freud's theory is based on the principle that the personality is made up of three sections - the id, the ego and...
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