Abstract
A fair amount of research in developmental psychopathology has established that the stresses and adversities of childhood and early life may accumulate and contribute to mental illness later in life.
Seen from the perspective of Self-Determination Theory, the stressors and hardships of life are challenges to need satisfaction. If stressed, overwhelmed and traumatized, people clearly don't get their needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness satisfied. Frustrated and thwarted psychological needs may lead to mental illness, unless the needs are supported, either in prevention or treatment.
This interpretation of the roots of mental illness is an alternative to mainstream psychiatry's notion of inexplicable biochemical dysfunction tin the brain. Mental illness is a "natural" function of the potentials and vulnerabilities of the human psyche; it is human development gone awry, as triggered by the many overwhelming stresses of modern civilization.
Seen from the perspective of Self-Determination Theory, the stressors and hardships of life are challenges to need satisfaction. If stressed, overwhelmed and traumatized, people clearly don't get their needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness satisfied. Frustrated and thwarted psychological needs may lead to mental illness, unless the needs are supported, either in prevention or treatment.
This interpretation of the roots of mental illness is an alternative to mainstream psychiatry's notion of inexplicable biochemical dysfunction tin the brain. Mental illness is a "natural" function of the potentials and vulnerabilities of the human psyche; it is human development gone awry, as triggered by the many overwhelming stresses of modern civilization.
Originalsprog | Dansk |
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Publikationsdato | 21 jul. 2023 |
Publikationsmedier | Video |
Status | Udgivet - 21 jul. 2023 |
Begivenhed | 8th International Self-Determination Theory Conference - Orlando, Florida, USA Varighed: 31 maj 2023 → 3 jun. 2023 |
Konference
Konference | 8th International Self-Determination Theory Conference |
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Land/Område | USA |
By | Orlando, Florida |
Periode | 31/05/2023 → 03/06/2023 |
Emneord
- Self-Determination Theory
- psychiatry
- stress
- Developmental psychopathology