MODELS OF THE MIND

COURSE 303

Professor Abdulrazzak M. AlhamadProfessor of Psychiatry

Consultant PsychotherapistDepartment of Psychiatry

College of MedicineKing Saud University.

Introduction:

Introduction:

Definition:

Framework

Observational theoryMetapsychologicalExperimentalClinical

Introduction:Functions:Analyzing psychological processesUnderstanding psychopathology.Psychotherapy methods.

Modern Concepts:Integrative.Accumulative.Ongoing revision

Models:Psychoanalysis:a)Concepts:

Conscious.

Preconscious.

Unconscious.

Id.

Superego.

Ego.

Psychoanalysis:b)Instincts:

Libido: Mind representation of sex.Ego instinct: self-preservationAggression 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.

Psychoanalysis:c)Working Methods:

Conflicts.

Dreams.

Free association.

Tongue slips.

Transference.

Resistance.

Psychoanalysis:d)Mental (Defense) Mechanisms:

Mostly unconscious.

Mostly illogical.

Psychological homeostasis .

Cope with psychopathology.

Examples:

4-Repression.

5-Regression.

6-Projection.

7-Reaction formation.

8-Sublimation.

9-Rationalization.

Psychoanalysis: e)Theories:

1 .Topographical

Conscious PreconsciousDefense Mechanisms

Unconscious

e)Theories:2 .Structural:

Super EgoEgoId

e)Theories:

3 .Transactional Analysis:

- Ego States:

Child --- Adult --- Parent.

Id------ Ego ---- Superego.

Known to Self Unknown to Self

Known to others APublic Self

BBlind Self

Unknown to others

CSecret Self

DUnconscious

Self

e)Theories:4-Self Centred Analysis

Self actualization.

Real self.

Ideal self.

Factors:

10-Genuiness.

11-Positive unconditional regards.

12-Empathy.

e)Theories:5-General System Theory:

Self system.

Family system.

Society system.

Environmental effect.

Holistic approach

References:

13-Synopsis of Psychiatry, Chapter, Theories of Personality and Psychopathology.

14-Introduction to Psychotherapy. Part 1. Psychodynamic Principles.