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Analysis of a clinical case from a Spanish perspective
Author(s) -
Caballo Vicente E.,
Irurtia María Jesús
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20393
Subject(s) - mental health , perspective (graphical) , psychology , session (web analytics) , psychotherapist , public health , psychiatry , cognition , cognitive behavioral therapy , private practice , medicine , family medicine , nursing , artificial intelligence , world wide web , computer science
In Spain, psychological treatment is offered in both public and private settings. The public Mental Health Units are part of Community Health Centers, where psychiatric and psychological treatments are offered free of charge. However, most professionals offering psychotherapy work in the private sector. In any Spanish city, a great number of private clinical psychologists offer psychotherapy for a variety of clinical disorders and different ages. The case of Mrs. A illustrates many of the key features of psychotherapy in Spain. She would probably be treated in a Health Center. A family physician would evaluate her mental status and establish a pharmacological treatment. If the patient's condition did not improve, the physician would refer her to a specialist in mental health, either a psychiatrist (using pharmacological treatments), in most cases, or in a few cases, a clinical psychologist (using mainly cognitive‐behavioral treatment). © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 63: 777–784, 2007.