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Psychotherapy for Latin Americans

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Latin America is a region defined by ethnic and cultural diversity, but with very similar history, economy, politics, social inequities, and violence that have led several times to the mass mobilisation of populations. The particularities of this demographic lead to specific ways of facing mental health problems. The proposal suggested here is to combine knowledge on the neurobiological mechanisms of cultural pathoplasticity with ethnic, sociological, and anthropological aspects and a phenomenological and subjective approach, thereby creating a concept which is peculiar for Latino Population.

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  1. Health Sciences Center at the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Sergio Villaseñor-Bayardo

  2. Department of Mental Health of the Faculty of the Health Sciences at the University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela

    Carlos Rojas-Malpica

  3. University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Martha Patricia Aceves-Pulido

  4. Laboratoire Éducations et Pratiques de Santé, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France

    Daniel Delanoë

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Villaseñor-Bayardo, S., Rojas-Malpica, C., Aceves-Pulido, M.P., Delanoë, D. (2020). Psychotherapy for Latin Americans. In: Schouler-Ocak, M., Kastrup, M. (eds) Intercultural Psychotherapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24082-0_21

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