Introduction

The Psycho-Dynamics of Schizophrenia

Treatment

Treatment Obstacles

More on Treatment

Frequently Asked Questions

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Acknowledgements

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David Coopers key discovery was that the Schizophrenic condition is the result of a "significant inward voyage". By this he means the individual looking inwards - introspecting - searching for what is wrong with himself or why he is the way he is. In 1925 Sigmund Freud discovered the other dynamic involved - regression. Regression can be defined as returning to a former state. In fact regression is not limited to this life but includes past lives. While regressed the individual re-experiences past memories as if they are now and reacts to current impulses as he would of then. Personality development is reversed.

These two dynamics work together like this. The individual is excessively introspecting. He or she then begins to regress. The regression results in a progressive deterioration in personality. A progressive detachment with what we agree is reality as he or she returns to earlier times. As the condition progresses the introspection gets more frantic as the subject becomes more desperate to find the cause/solution of/to his or her progressively worsening condition which in turn results in further introspection, regression and worsening.

As the regression progresses the more severe symptoms of Schizophrenia are released from the unconscious mind and the subject is gradually overwhelmed by the contents of this mind.