psychodynamic explanation

• intro

  based - Freud's assumptions that B - caused by early childhood experiences, Unconscious Mind and Tripartite Personality

  F - SZ symptoms - result of 2 main processes - fixation + regression
• FIXATION - SZ caused > ind - becoming fixated in early childhood , during oral stage

  > child experiences frustration / trauma @ early age (e.g. due to harsh treatment)

  > as a result of fixation > as adult - use defence mechanisms to cope with any excess stress / anxiety > this use of defence mechanisms > SZ symptoms
• REGRESSION - used by SZ

  > faced with anxiety/stress in later life > use DM to regress back to stage when fixation occurred (oral)

  > Pre-ego stage - ID = free > no sense of reality

  > ego = weak / not present to control unacceptable urges of ID

  >SZ - loses touch with reality as they fail t recognise / distinguish between what's real + not
• REGRESSION - symptoms

  > hallucinations / delusions = reflection of unchecked b's of ID > lead to infantile / childlike B (delusions of grandeur) due to ID = free reign

  > hallucinations = reflection of ego (mediator) trying to re-establish ego-control > by over using defence mechanisms