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The psychodynamic approach to psychopathology focuses on unconscious mental processes and how early childhood experiences can influence mental illness. It suggests that disorders are caused by unresolved internal conflicts and defense mechanisms. This psychoanalytic approach uses techniques like free association and dream analysis to investigate the unconscious mind.

The Psychodynamic Approach to
Psychopathology

Main Assumptions:

Suggestions as to the
cause of mental illness

Link to disorder: Link to disorder: Link to disorder:

Methods used to investigate the approach:

Reductionist
Influential

Evaluation of the
psychodynamic
approach

Deterministic Unscientific/

Unfalsifiable

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Psychody app handout

1. The Psychodynamic Approach to Psychopathology Main Assumptions: Suggestions as to the cause of mental illness Link to disorder: Link to disorder: Link to disorder: Methods used to investigate the approach:

2. Reductionist Influential Evaluation of the psychodynamic approach Deterministic Unscientific/ Unfalsifiable