PSYC 337: causes of mental illness

etiology

study of origin

what did freud believe anxiety could be caused by? (psychoanalytic theory) what kinds of anxiety?

• repression of libido growing up,

  • moral anxiety, reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety

neurotic anxiety

stems from anxiety of inner desires coming out & winning

moral anxiety & reality anxiety

results from conflict btwn ego & superego, superego tells u smthing feels morally grey & produces anxiety around ur morality principles

reality anxiety: stem from actual anxiety from real life

Little Hans

example of phallic stage of freud’s pervy thing— fear of horses was believed to be unconscious fear of his father bc he knew that he secretly wanted his mom 👀

• fear believed to diminish as he came to terms w/ real origins (father)

psychoanalytic perspective on depression

parental abandonement/rejection early on in life manifests as anger toward them

• unresolved anger turns inward → inner-criticism/loathing → depression

behaviorist perspective on depression

u stop receiving pos reinforcement → stop participating in things → depression fosters → body stops working as well, more time needed inside → less poss reinforcement

behaviorist perspective on anxiety

classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning

diasthesis model of stress

describes pre-exsiting vulnerability that predisposes ppl to developing certain mental disorders when outer stress/demand is strong

• ex: person w/ alchohol abuse disorder running in their family more susceptible to feel good properties of alchohol & they r alr rlly stressed—can use to cope & become addicted

• also can be pos: predispose u to being better at dealing w shit, ie: resilience