Sigmund Freud And Mental Health

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist known as the father of psychoanalysis, and Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist and an apprentice of Sigmund Freud, both were supporters the psychic apparatus and three part structural model of the id, ego, and super-ego. Where the id is explained as the uncontrollable human instinctual. The ego being the more organized and realistic parts that separates the id from the super ego. The super ego is best explained as the critical and moralizing role. The super ego plays a role in controlling and stopping what ones Id may want to do. Due do this model we have understood the how humans consciousness works and affects each individuals way of thinking. These theories helped us understand more about people that are affected with mental illnesses. …show more content…
Through all the medical advancements we are learning a lot about all the different types of mental health issues and how to treat or even cure them. There are places such as mental hospitals and asylums where patients with mental health issues live depending on the severity of their specific issue. Not all people with mental health issues are considered crazy or insane. In fact, the literature definition of Insanity is doing something over and over again expecting a different result. As a society we need to proceed in gaining knowledge of mental health and finding ways in improving this field of