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Understanding mental health and the causes of psychopathology as specified by the systemic model.
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UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CAUSES OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AS SPECIFIED BY THE SYSTEMIC MODEL To understand how the Systemic Model views the causes of psychopathology one first needs to understand the distinctions between a circular and a linear model: Linearity identifies and implicates a linear cause for abnormal behaviour: X causes Y. Linear causality can be multidimensional, that is to say that more than one cause can be indicated as being responsible for the pathology, however, the relationship between the cause/causes and the abnormal behaviour is not one of reciprocity. This is not the case with circular causality which emphasises the "...reciprocity, recursion and shared responsibility" Becvar & Becvar (1996, p.10) of interactions. Circularity would identify abnormal behaviour as being embedded within the interaction between A and B which can be said to be both cause and effect. The Humanistic and Existential Schools, Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Schools all identify a cause for...
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