Psychodynamic Explanation for Bipolar
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- Created on: 29-04-15 20:02
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- Psychody Exp for Bipolar
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- SE: Rosenhan and Seligman found even during manic phases, bipolar patients voice more thoughts of suicide and hopelessness than clinically normal controls
- Suggests depressed state doesn't entirely disappear when manic and that mania and depression coexist. What we'd expect if purpose of mania was to protect person from depressed id driven state.
- But lacks val: relies on self report data = DC, say they feel like that because they have a mental disorder and are expected to feel abnormally when actually they don't
- Alt exp: Bio exp states could be gen inherited, gen predisp etc
- Not testable: based on unconscious mind, can't access it. Any attempt would be subjective. Can't set up an exp to est a C & E rel between bad carer rel/event and bipolar as we can't control lives to that extent
- App to real life: parenting classes to teach parents to form good rel, inc resp to their needs approp and general info on how they should behave etc. If a child goes through a traumatic event therapy should be in place to ensure no emotions are repressed
- **: blames parents and accuses them of being bad parents, public may feel offended by the fact that the id, such an aggressive state exists in us and can become dominant
- SE: Rosenhan and Seligman found even during manic phases, bipolar patients voice more thoughts of suicide and hopelessness than clinically normal controls
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- Been suggested that having a bad rel with primary carer or exp a traumatic event eg child abuse could cause a person to repress bad feelings
- anger, being alone, helplessness
- goes into their unconscious
- HE: child knows its parents are the only way it'll survive or may feel guilty/resp for what happened
- Hence, direct anger towards themselves
- Depression results from aggression from the id turned in against itself. Here lies a manifestation of the loss of self-esteem and worthlessness
- When a bipolar patient is depressed, id is dominant in its struggle against the ego and superego
- Mania occurs using denial based mechanisms
- Here the ego tries to defend itself against the ids aggression
- to protect them from feelings of worthlessness the ego invents a fantasy where the person is more successful/powerful than they really are
- leads to the exaggerated self-esteem and grandiose delusions present in bipolar patient
- Been suggested that having a bad rel with primary carer or exp a traumatic event eg child abuse could cause a person to repress bad feelings
- "Ego-defense view"
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