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The psychodynamic perspective is based on the idea that psychological problems are manifestations of inner mental conflicts and that conscious awareness of those conflicts is a key to recovery. Historically, Sigmund Freud laid the foundation for this perspective.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, there was an understanding that psychological processes were an important source of information concerning mental illness. Sigmund Freud had worked with Charcot in Paris and observed individuals with hysteria. In this disorder, the experience, such as not feeling pain in a limb or difficulty hearing, did not match the underlying physiology. Witnessing this type of disordered behavior led Freud to seek psychological explanations for the cause and treatment of mental disorders.

Sigmund Freud

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