In Freud's earliest psychological writings, he said the cause of mental illness was __________. Several years later he changed his mind and said the cause was __________.

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Freud initially attributed mental illness to actual experiences of childhood sexual abuse. Later, he revised his theory to suggest that mental illness was more often a result of sexual fantasies during childhood, rather than actual abuse.

In Freud's Earliest Psychological Writings, He Said the Cause of Mental