title: Therapeutic models of psychopathology. Part II: The influence of activators, biological factors, and the childhood environment on the psychological organization.
abstract: Part II of this paper continues the discussion of key components of an integrated model of psychopathology. The interaction of the environment with aspects of the psychological organization and the development of this organization through the interaction of biological factors and the childhood interpersonal environment is discussed in some detail. The role of aspects of personality organization in creating personal meaning for environmental events and the role of feedback processes, interactions and sequences are explored. The role of childhood relationships, the qualities sought in relationships, and the psychopathological consequences of disturbances in these relationships are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Truant
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010551:Personality; D011599:Psychopathology; D012931:Social Environment