[Sociodynamic aspects of psychotherapy].

Definitions of psychotherapy are determined by sociocultural and epistemological factors, which, in turn, influences the objectives and practical consequences of the use of psychotherapy (for example, selection, indication, and method used). The current state of knowledge and social needs tend to modify views of the role and functions of psychotherapy in medical and extramedical fields and areas, which sociodynamic aspects of psychotherapeutic processes and their applications being considered and utilized differently. It is within the framework of different social orders that potentially equivocal functions and ways of making use of psychotherapy can be either promoted or inhibited. Consequently, it is desirable to try to clarify corresponding prerequisites and conditions, which has been attempted by the author in his present paper.