ABSTRACT
Psychodynamic therapies derive from psychoanalysis. Psychodynamic therapies derive from Sigmund Freud’s theory of psycho analysis, and the therapy of the same name. Psychoanalysis is an extremely time-consuming process; some patients spend many years in analysis, attending a number of sessions each week. Many drugs have been used for treating psychopathology. Other dynamic psychotherapies are more likely to deal with immediate issues (symptoms), and will get the client to address relationship and cultural issues, instead of allowing these to continue until (hopefully) the underlying conflicts are resolved. The first antipsychotic drugs, phenothiazines, remain the most effective treatment of schizophrenia. Treatment uses free association which leads to insight and conflict resolution. Psychosurgery involves operating in the brain to change mental states or behavior. Behavior therapy considers that symptoms are acquired through maladaptive learning. Cognitive-behavioral approaches consider cognitions to be learned responses that are susceptible to modification by conditioning techniques, or skills that can be modified by training.
