Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie 48 (2006) 11, 873 - 879
Essay
About humankind as portrayed by cognitive behaviour therapy
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (cbt) interprets the workings of the human mind by analogy with the scientific method as defined by Popper. According to this interpretation, cbt turns the scientist and/or science into a model for mental health, but fails to recognize the symbolic nature of human existence.
keywords Cognitive Behavior Therapy, hypothetic-deductive model, psychopathology, schema, symbolism, theories on humankind