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This paper provides a review of various psychodynamic theories of schizophrenia that were proposed prior to biological and social theories. It discusses theories from Sigmund Freud, Paul Federn, and Margaret Mahler. Freud viewed schizophrenia as resulting from a weak ego being overwhelmed by the id, causing a loss of reality testing. Federn believed schizophrenia involved a lack rather than excess of narcissistic libido, weakening ego boundaries. Mahler

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Juan Carlos Saguyod

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