
|Articles|April 1, 1997
- Psychiatric Times Vol 14 No 4
- Volume 14
- Issue 4
Causal Explanations that Suggest How to Change
Causal Explanations that Suggest How to Change
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Causal Explanations that Suggest How to Change
- Phobic stimuli lead to avoidance that creates distress
- Thoughts determine behavior and emotion
- Interpersonal schemas can interfere with interpersonal functioning
- Symptoms represent once-adaptive behavior carried forward into the present
- Boundary problems cause psychological distress
- Reinforcers control behavior
- Systemic dynamics control individual and group behavior
- Human development creates psychological instability
- Personal futures can cause problems in the present
- Brain biochemical abnormalities cause problematic thinking, emotions and behaviorSource: B. Beitman, M.D. 1994.
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