Abstract

DIAS, Diego Alonso Soares  and  FRANCA NETO, Oswaldo. The Psychoanalyst facing Some Specificities of Mental Health Work. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.2, pp.225-234. ISSN 2359-0769.

This report addresses some specificities of the mental health work and its relation with the institutional practice of psychoanalysis, taking as starting point the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) psychiatric manuals, one of the key work instruments to those who exercise this kind of activity. We seek to examine the singularities that comprise the use and preparation of the DSM manual, and at what level these singularities help or not the conduction of cases. We consider that its essentially descriptive character contribute to the appearance of various nominations regarding a particular case, which does not mean that this case is being effectively treated. As a significant example of this stance, we briefly address the chronic cases, which are impasses that, even generating embarrassments, do not escape to the categorization process. In the search for a more accurate apprehension of this theme, we compare this discussion with the characteristics of a recent term in the psychoanalysis field, the "ordinary psychosis", intending to find a more precise way for the psychoanalyst to behave in the institutional practice, from the moment when the psychoanalysis become a praxis that aims mainly the singularities of the individuals who give substance to the mental health work.

Keywords : DSM; psychoanalysis; mental health; singularity; ordinary psychosis.

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