Psychiatric Theories

Psychiatric Theories

Dr. Hayder H. AL-Hadrawi
University of Babylon
College of Nursing
2016-2017


Learning Outcomes
1. Explain the basic beliefs and approaches of the main psychosocial theories.
2. Identify the psychosocial theory on which each treatment strategy is based.
3. Identify how several of the theoretical perspectives have influenced current nursing practice.

Psychoanalytic Theory
Sigmund Freud: The first to link childhood experiences with adult problems.
He believes that the internal emotional life of the individual is the most significant factor in development of personality (intra-psychic).
Illness is defined in terms of behavior disorders & originates in conflicts among the id, ego, superego and or environment .

Sigmund Freud: The first to link childhood experiences with adult problems.
He believes that the internal emotional life of the individual is the most significant factor in development of personality (intra-psychic).
Illness is defined in terms of behavior disorders & originates in conflicts among the id, ego, superego and or environment .

Much of our behavior is caused by parts of personality which are found in the unconscious and of which we are unaware.