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The author contrasts two conceptual models of mental illness, exogenous and endogenous. The history of the classical medical concept of exogenous etiology is discussed, and the idea 'adherence to the exogenous disease model' resulting from denial of the unconscious is developed and expounded. The effects of this theory upon therapy and the therapist are discussed.