General Pathology Information

Question 1

What core components are consistent in all dynamic theories of pathology?
(Pine, 1990)

Answer 1

Belief in psychic determinism
Belief that much of mental life is unconscious
Much of who we are is rooted in early life

Question 2

What is included in a general cognitive model of psychopathology?

Answer 2

Maladaptive/unrealistic beliefs of reality can negatively impact an individual’s behavior and emotions
Cognition and behaviors are the problem not the cause of the symptoms
Cognitions are learned and genetic and are continued through reinforcement (Nevid, 1994)