title: The origins and professionalization of cognitive psychotherapy in Argentina.
abstract: The growing popularity of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has helped reshape the mental health scene in the city of Buenos Aires, historically the stronghold of psychoanalysis. In the early 1980s, CBT was infrequently used and sometimes overtly resisted in the field of mental health. Almost 3 decades later, the impact of CBT has increased dramatically in Argentina, not only in independent practice but also in the health system and in everyday life. This article aims to describe the process by which Argentine psychotherapists first adopted this new theoretical framework.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council.
authors.forename: Guido Pablo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Korman
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council.
authors.forename: Nicolás
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Viotti
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Cristian Javier
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Garay
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century