Abstract

BITTENCOURT, Ana Carolina Pacheco  and  FONTENELE, Laéria Bezerra. A psychoanalytic analysis of compulsion and impulsion from the perspective of the jouissance and the act. Cad. psicanal. [online]. 2013, vol.35, n.28, pp. 183-202. ISSN 1413-6295.

The aim of this paper is to understand and differentiate the concepts of impulsion and compulsion from the perspective of the jouissance and the act as expounded by Freud and Lacan. Our goal is to consider the clinical implications of the relationship between jouissance, act, and symptom for the treatment direction of patients who manifest impulsions and compulsions. We intend, therefore, to highlight the contributions that can be offered by the psychoanalyst to the work of a multidisciplinary team focused on the treatment of eating disorders.

Keywords : Compulsion; impulsion; jouissance; the act.

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