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The multi-faceted controversy created by the ascendance of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in the British mental health industry is outlined. The historical and philosophical nature of this controversy is traced, by looking at CBT as a psychiatric form of treatment and eclectic form of applied psychology. CBT has become a policy battleground, which can be understood by putting its modernist credentials and its appeal to rationalism, pragmatism and techno-centric optimism into a mixed pre-modern and post-modern context. Given that there are diverse representatives of these realms of belief alive today in our society, the current singular policy emphasis on CBT is anti-democratic and insensitive to diversity. The paradox of this restrictive policy is that CBT itself is now a very diverse set of practices held together mainly by a faith in evidencebased practice. Consequently, a version of pluralism is being tolerated on the supply side of mental health services but a full offer of true choice is not being made on the demand side.Keywords: CBT; mental health policy Les TCC dans le syste`me national de sante´britannique: vague imposition ou imposition du vague? Cet article de´crit la controverse multi facette ge´ne´re´e par l'ascendance des the´rapies cognitives et comportementales (TCC) dans l'industrie de la santeḿ entale britannique. L'auteur retrace la nature historique et philosophique de cette controverse en examinant les TCC en tant que forme de traitement psychiatrique et en tant que forme e´clectique de psychologie applique´e. Les TCC sont devenues un champ de bataille politique qui peut eˆtre compris en mettant en tension ses re´fe´rences modernistes et ses appels au rationalisme, au pragmatisme et a`l'optimisme techno-centre´avec un contexte pre´et postmoderne. Etant donne´que les repre´sentants de ces champs de croyance divers sont tre`s actifs dans la socie´te´actuelle, l'emphase portant sur les TCC est antide´mocratique et insensible a`la diversite´. Terapia Cognitivo Comportamentale nel Sistema Sanitario Nazionale Britannico: Vaga imposizione o vaghezza imposta?In quest'articolo viene delineata la sfaccettata controversia creata dall'ascesa della Terapia Cognitivo Comportamentale (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT) all'interno dell'industria Britannica della salute mentale. Viene tracciata la natura storica e filosofica di questa controversia, osservando la CBT come forma psichiatrica di trattamento e come forma eclettica di psicologia applicata. La CBT e`diventata campo di battaglia politico, che puo`essere compreso ponendo in un contesto misto pre-moderno e post-moderno le sue credenziali moderniste ed il suo appello al razionalismo, pragmatismo e ottimismo tecno-centrico. Considerando che oggi esistono differenti rappresentative di questi domini di credenza nella nostra societa`, l'attuale enfasi politica sulla CBT e`anti-democratica e insensibile alla diversita`. Il paradosso di questa politica restrittiva e`che la CBT stessa e`adesso una gamma diversificata di pratiche fondamentalmente tenute a...
The multi-faceted controversy created by the ascendance of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in the British mental health industry is outlined. The historical and philosophical nature of this controversy is traced, by looking at CBT as a psychiatric form of treatment and eclectic form of applied psychology. CBT has become a policy battleground, which can be understood by putting its modernist credentials and its appeal to rationalism, pragmatism and techno-centric optimism into a mixed pre-modern and post-modern context. Given that there are diverse representatives of these realms of belief alive today in our society, the current singular policy emphasis on CBT is anti-democratic and insensitive to diversity. The paradox of this restrictive policy is that CBT itself is now a very diverse set of practices held together mainly by a faith in evidencebased practice. Consequently, a version of pluralism is being tolerated on the supply side of mental health services but a full offer of true choice is not being made on the demand side.Keywords: CBT; mental health policy Les TCC dans le syste`me national de sante´britannique: vague imposition ou imposition du vague? Cet article de´crit la controverse multi facette ge´ne´re´e par l'ascendance des the´rapies cognitives et comportementales (TCC) dans l'industrie de la santeḿ entale britannique. L'auteur retrace la nature historique et philosophique de cette controverse en examinant les TCC en tant que forme de traitement psychiatrique et en tant que forme e´clectique de psychologie applique´e. Les TCC sont devenues un champ de bataille politique qui peut eˆtre compris en mettant en tension ses re´fe´rences modernistes et ses appels au rationalisme, au pragmatisme et a`l'optimisme techno-centre´avec un contexte pre´et postmoderne. Etant donne´que les repre´sentants de ces champs de croyance divers sont tre`s actifs dans la socie´te´actuelle, l'emphase portant sur les TCC est antide´mocratique et insensible a`la diversite´. Terapia Cognitivo Comportamentale nel Sistema Sanitario Nazionale Britannico: Vaga imposizione o vaghezza imposta?In quest'articolo viene delineata la sfaccettata controversia creata dall'ascesa della Terapia Cognitivo Comportamentale (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT) all'interno dell'industria Britannica della salute mentale. Viene tracciata la natura storica e filosofica di questa controversia, osservando la CBT come forma psichiatrica di trattamento e come forma eclettica di psicologia applicata. La CBT e`diventata campo di battaglia politico, che puo`essere compreso ponendo in un contesto misto pre-moderno e post-moderno le sue credenziali moderniste ed il suo appello al razionalismo, pragmatismo e ottimismo tecno-centrico. Considerando che oggi esistono differenti rappresentative di questi domini di credenza nella nostra societa`, l'attuale enfasi politica sulla CBT e`anti-democratica e insensibile alla diversita`. Il paradosso di questa politica restrittiva e`che la CBT stessa e`adesso una gamma diversificata di pratiche fondamentalmente tenute a...
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