Unifying Causality and Psychology

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This magistral treatise explores the integration of psychology by examining the multiple causes of both normal and dysfunctional behavior, with a focus on causality across various disciplines. Employing diverse models, it presents unifying psychology as an ongoing project that encompasses genetics, experience, evolution, brain function, development, and change mechanisms. The integration of free will, characterized as freedom in being, is a key theme, highlighting the self's role in causality and the autonomy in shaping behavior. The work also addresses disturbed behavior and critiques the DSM-5 approach to mental disorders and the etiology of psychopathology. Young critically analyzes these topics, offering innovative ideas and models that will inspire thought on psychology and causality for years to come. Key subjects include models of behavioral causality, the interplay of nature and nurture, early adversity, fetal programming, and the role of free will in psychotherapy. Additionally, it discusses causality in psychological injury and law, alongside a Neo-Piagetian/Neo-Eriksonian 25-step model. This work appeals to psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology, philosophy, neuroscience, genetics, law, social sciences, and humanistic fields, making it suitable for graduate courses, researchers, and practitioners alike.