Cognitive Psychotherapy and religion. What needs to know a cognitive therapist about religious diversity in Buenos Aires City and the Metropolitan Area?

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Guido Pablo Korman

Cristián Garay

Mercedes Sarudiansky

Abstract

The authors explore the relationship between psychotherapy and religion. In fi rst place, examine the religion in clinical practice. In second term, researches the place of the religion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). In third place, describes the relationship between ignorance and diagnosis of mental disorders based on religious beliefs. In fourth place, refers to the approach between cognitive therapy and religion. In fi fth place, describes the incorporation of the beliefs systems to cognitive models in clinical practice and relates this situation to the technical eclecticism characteristically of the cognitive therapy. At last, describes the different religions that coexist in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and its suburbs, in order to show the religious diversity in this context.

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psychotherapy, religion, cognitive therapy
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