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mar Álvarez Segura

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, PhD in Psychology.
Professor at Abat Oliba University, Barcelona (Spain)
Mar Alvarez-Segura, M.D., Ph.D is a Child and Adolescent Psychia-
trist who specializes in the treatment of trauma. Her clinical expe-
rience in the area of trauma includes being part of the intervention
program after the terrorist attack of 11-M in 2004 that occurred in
Madrid;
Dr. Alvarez- Segura is a lecturer at Abat Oliba CEU University in the
field of Personality. She is especially interested in the transformative experiences of perso-
nality.

Former articles by Mar you can see here:
https://emcapp.ignis.de/10/#p=137

INTRODUCCIÓN LIBRO ANTROPOLO GIA CRISTIANA Y CIENCIAS
DE LA SA LUD MENTAL. (INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN AN-

THROPOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES)

Dykinson, Madrid , España, 2021 ISBN: 978-84-1377-378-0, ISBN

electrónico: 978-84-1377-448-0

From the nineteenth century to the pre- Desde el siglo XIX hasta la actualidad la
sent day, psychology and philosophy have psicología y la filosofía han iniciado un di-
grown further apart. As a consequence, the stanciamiento cada vez más pronunciado.
mental health sciences began exclusively to Como consecuencia, las ciencias de la salud
use research methods and procedures typi- mental empezaron a usar exclusivamente
cal of the experimental sciences. They mo- métodos y procedimientos de investiga-
ción propios de las ciencias experimenta-
ved away from an open reflection on philo- les. Se alejaron de una reflexión abierta a la
sophy, which led to considering problems filosofía lo que llevó a considerar como ir-
that cannot be measured as irrelevant. This relevantes los problemas que no se pueden
rupture between the two disciplines and medir. Esta ruptura entre ambas disciplinas
the rejection of the transcendental nature y el rechazo de una naturaleza trascenden-
of this relationship has led to the idea that tal de esta relación ha llevado a la idea de
the vast majority of mental disorders are a que la gran mayoría de trastornos mentales
mere product of environmental forces, or son un mero producto de las fuerzas am-
the result of biological or social conditions. bientales, el resultado de las condiciones
Consequently, there has developed an ex- biológicas o sociales, en consecuencia, se
cessive simplification of mental problems ha hecho una simplificación desmesurada
de los problemas o desórdenes mentales.
and disorders. Esta polarización ha sido incluso mayor al
The polarization has been even greater

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