PSYB65H3 Chapter 16-2: Chapter 16 (2)
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Used prior to combat exposure as a means of preventing ptsd. Three components of mind according to freud: 1. Id: responsible for primitive functions, including instinctual drives of sex & aggression (part of the mind operating on unconscious level): 2. Ego: rational part of the mind partly believed to be unconscious, although experience is conscious: 3. Superego: acts to repress id and mediate ongoing interactions between ego and id. For freudians, abnormal behavior results from emergence of unconscious drives into conscious behavior: psychoanalysis aims to trace symptoms back to unconscious roots and expose to rational judgment. Difference between freud"s theory and present-day neuroscience: knowledge that brain is composed of hundred of interacting structures, not 3. Neurologists treat organic disorders of the nervous system (parkinson"s and stroke) medically. Psychiatrists treat behavioral disorders (schizophrenia, ptsd) with pharmacological and other medical treatments in combination with behavioral treatments. Neuropsychoanalysis: synthesizing insights from different disciplines into a unified understanding of mind and brain.
