The family environment and psychodynamics in the etiology of psychosis comes under scrutiny. Freud drew on the physics of his day (thermodynamics) to coin the term psychodynamics. In general, psychodynamics studies the transformations and exchanges of "psychic energy" within the personality. Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics. Psychodynamics, Training and Outcome in Brief Psychotherapy. In 1979, Malan wrote Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics pub. Psychodynamics, Training and Outcome in Brief Psychotherapy &colon; Malan and Osimo pub. Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics &colon; pub. In the war's aftermath, a science called psychodynamics is created. Psychodynamics is the study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior. Psychodynamics was initially further developed by Carl Jung, Alfred Adler and Melanie Klein.