Back to category: Miscellaneous Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Developmental Levels of Personality Organization Developmental Levels of Personality Organization I. Historical Context: Diagnosing Level of Character Pathology - Pre 19th century psychiatry was defined simply as the sane vs. the insane. Sane people agreed more or less what constituted reality; while insane people deviated from this consensus. - People with hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders were regarded as insane. If you fell short of these symptoms then you were not considered completely insane. Today’s candidate for anti-social behavior was then judged as exhibiting “moral insanity,” however still deemed in touch with reality. II. Kraepelinian Diagnosis: Neurosis Versus Psychoses - Kraepelin is cited as “the father of contemporary diagnostic classification” in that he tried to identify the common symptoms in those that suffered from mental and emotional disturbances. - Before the term “borderline” was developed, therapists followed Freud in differentiating between only two le... Posted by: Raymon Androckitis Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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