MODELS OF THE MIND COURSE 303

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MODELS OF THE MINDCOURSE 303

• Professor Abdulrazzak M. Alhamad
• Professor of Psychiatry
• Consultant Psychotherapist
• Department of Psychiatry
• College of Medicine
• King Saud University.

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Introduction

• Introduction
• Definition
• Framework
• Observational theory
• Metapsychological
• Experimental
• Clinical

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Introduction

• Functions
• Analyzing psychological processes
• Understanding psychopathology.
• Psychotherapy methods.
• Modern Concepts
• Integrative.
• Accumulative.
• Ongoing revision

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Models

• Psychoanalysis
• a)Concepts
• Conscious.
• Preconscious.
• Unconscious.
• Id.
• Superego.
• Ego.

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Psychoanalysis

• b)Instincts
• Libido Mind representation of sex.
• Ego instinct self-preservation
• Aggression instinct.
• Death and life instinct.
• Object Relation
• 1-Loved person.
• 2-Loved self.
• 3-Loved object.
• Pleasure principle avoids pain.
• Reality principle learned maturation of ego.

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Psychoanalysis

• c)Working Methods
• Conflicts.
• Dreams.
• Free association.
• Tongue slips.
• Transference.
• Resistance.

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Psychoanalysis

• d)Mental (Defense) Mechanisms
• Mostly unconscious.
• Mostly illogical.
• Psychological homeostasis.
• Cope with psychopathology.

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Examples

• 4-Repression.
• 5-Regression.
• 6-Projection.
• 7-Reaction formation.
• 8-Sublimation.
• 9-Rationalization.

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Psychoanalysis

• e)Theories
• 1. Topographical

Unconscious Preconscious Defense Mechanisms Conscious
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e)Theories

• 2. Structural

Id Ego Super Ego
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e)Theories

• 3. Transactional Analysis
• - Ego States
• Child --- Adult --- Parent.
• Id------ Ego ---- Superego.

Unknown to Self Known to Self
B Blind Self A Public Self Known to others
D Unconscious Self C Secret Self Unknown to others
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e)Theories

• 4-Self Centred Analysis
• Self actualization.
• Real self.
• Ideal self.
• Factors
• 10-Genuiness.
• 11-Positive unconditional regards.
• 12-Empathy.

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e)Theories

• 5-General System Theory
• Self system.
• Family system.
• Society system.
• Environmental effect.
• Holistic approach

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References

• 13-Synopsis of Psychiatry, Chapter, Theories of
  Personality and Psychopathology.
• 14-Introduction to Psychotherapy. Part 1.
  Psychodynamic Principles.