This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Psychiatry
Psychodynamic model of disease explains the psychopathologic cause of all mental illness to be 
Select and explain. 
A. Unconscious conflict, B. Mal adaptive, C. Cognition difficulties, D. Structural and functional defect in CNS
A: Unconscious conflict
Answer: A: Unconscious conflict 
Explanation: Unconscious conflict The classic view of the genesis of neuroses, regards conflicts as essential. The conflict may arise between instinctual desire and external reality. Moreover because the conflict has not worked through to a realistic solution, the desirous wishes that seek discharge have been expelled from consciousness through repression or another defence mechanism. The unconscious tendencies then fight their way back into consciousness. According to Freud neurotic symptoms develop as a result of the failure of repression.