Freud and the psychodynamic theories Flashcards
What method did Mesmer use to treat patients with hysteria
Hypnosis
Who was the first to advocate for the humane treatment of the mentally ill
Phillipe Pinel
Who took over dictatorship of La Salpetriere (mental asylum) from Pinel and documented symptoms and tried to correlate them with abnormalities in the brain
Charcot
What is hysteria
Umbrella term to describe physical symptoms (blindness, paralysis, pain) that do not have an apparent physical cause
- this term was used up until 1980s then came about somatoform and dissociative disorders
What were the two classifications for mental disorders
DSM & ICD
What is somatoform disorders (DSM-5)
various physical or neurological symptoms with no apparent cause
What is dissociative disorders (DSM-5)
Disturbance in personality
Joseph Breuer developed the talking cure, describe his famous Anna O study
- woman with various symptoms of hysteria
- through hypnosis he found the traumatic memories that started her hypnosis - illness of father having TB and died
- once that memory came to her consciousness, her symptoms improved
Breuer and Freud wrote a book on the study of hysteria, what was the main point in the book
Main cause of hysteria is painful memories of a traumatic event that do not fade with time
- TRAUMATIC MEMORIES REMAIN UNCONSCIOUS BY MEANS OF REPRESSION
- Emotions are DISPLACED causing symptoms
When patients were relaxed they often resisted recalling traumatic events, so what methods did freud use to uncover these repressed memories
free association & dream analysis
In Freuds topographical theory of the mind, what are the three states of the mind and describe them
- CONSCIOUS = functions when a person is awake, only element in pre conscious can enter conscious
- PRE-CONSCIOUS = ideas and reactions are stored and partially forgotten.
- UNCONSCIOUS = largest part of the mind, dynamically repressed, can come in dreams in pre conscious
In Freuds structural theory of the mind, what are the three different entities and describe them
- ID = pleasure principle, libido (lust)
- EGO = reality principle, satisfies demands of ID with reality
- SUPEREGO = right and wrong, conscience
What are the three sources of anxiety that Freud identified that the EGO has to deal with
- Objective anxiety (real threats from environment)
- Neurotic anxiety (ID threatens to overwhelm the EGO)
- Moral anxiety (threat of violating the principles of the SUPEREGO)
In psychosexual development, what does under gratification lead to
fixation
What are the 5 stages in psychosexual development
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-Oral stage (first year of life)
- Anal stage (second year of life)
- Phallic stage (3-5yrs)
- Latency stage (6yrs - puberty)
- Genital stage (puberty onwards)
