Psychology

MAGICAL THINKING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

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The article provides a brief overview of the studies of the magical thinking phenomenon, as well as studies that prove the similarity of suggestion based on the magical worldview and suggestion used in psychotherapy. Magical thinking is considered as one of the forms of self-regulation (as a kind of autosuggestion) and as a special type of psychological defences, which can be presented both in constructive and destructive forms.


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Tchertishchev Mikhail Sergeevich

Psychologist, psychiatrist in Autonomous Public Health Care Institution, resident and teacher at the Kazan State Medical University at the Department of Psychiatry with a course in narcology, Department of Medical and General Psychology