Abstract

FIERRO, Catriel; BRISUELA BLUME, Laureano; BRUNA, Ornella  and  BIGLIERI, Franco. A Plural or a Mono-theoretical Clinical Psychology? An Empirical Analysis of Argentinian Psychology Programs’ Epistemological and Educative Problems (2015). Rev. Guillermo Ockham [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.51-68.  Epub June 25, 2021. ISSN 1794-192X.  https://doi.org/10.21500/22563202.3294.

Mandatory readings of undergraduate psychology programs’ training in clinical psychology are of key importance in order to explain the theoretical, epistemological and practical peculiarities of Argentinian psychology. This study provides data on the current state of psychoclinical training at national universities in the context of the debates on evaluation and accreditation of psychology careers, which in an epistemological sense have emphasized the need to train pluralistic, critical and up-to-date professionals. A descriptive, retrospective, socio-bibliometric study was carried out, to analyze the literature used as mandatory readings (N = 629) at clinical psychology and psychotherapy syllabi of psychology programs at the national universities of Rosario, Mar del Plata and La Plata, using socio-bibliometric variables and indicators. We found a predominance of works by Freud and Lacan, and works of psychodynamic orientations in detriment of other theoretical orientations. There exists a predominance of works by psychologists over psychiatrists, physicians and philosophers. Less than 5 % of the literature was published in the last five years, and less than 20 % in the last ten years. It is concluded that there would be no congruence between the contents taught at psychotherapy undergraduate courses, criteria used for psychology programs’ accreditation processes, and theoretical and epistemological debates of the discipline.

Keywords : Psychology training and education; clinical psychology; Argentinian psychology; epistemology of clinical psychology; socio-bibliometrics.

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