Beliefs and popular practices related to the origin and treatment of leukemia

Creencias y prácticas populares relacionadas con el origen y tratemiento de la leucemia

The mediation of beliefs in human behavior is a constant in the context of psychological consultation. Its identification and therapeutic approach are fundamental in the effort to provide the patient with greater probabilities of adjustment and adaptation during the disease process. That is, a proactive coping. In this document some of the beliefs and popular practices that patients with leukemia perform and that the author has identified in their clinical practice are presented. Likewise, the reasons for which a person generates and maintains false beliefs are briefly presented, the effects of these in the coping of the disease are discussed permanently, to end with the presentation of an alternative in the psychological intervention of the False beliefs in the context of health psychology. Abbreviations: LLC, chronic lymphoid leukemia.

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