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1. Beth Webb said:
   

   June 19th, 2010 at 9:25 am

   Breifly,

   The biomedical approach to psychology suggests that mental illness is caused by a physical, medical problem, for example a chemical imbalance or brain injury.

   Psychodynamic theory is Freudian stuff, illness is caused by internal conflict between ego, id and superego.

   Humanistic approach is basically that if all your needs are fulfilled, everyone can be good and lovely and healthy (unlike Freudian theory)

   Existentialism states that the individual is solely responsible for giving his or her own life meaning and for living that life passionately and sincerely.

   Behavioural theory suggests that all behaviour is learned through conditioning (think Pavlov) and past experiences and illness is just maladaptive learning.

   Hope this helps.

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