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COMBRES, Laurent. Study of writings practices of psychotics teenagers. Psicol. USP [online]. 2005, vol.16, n.4, pp. 57-68. ISSN 1678-5177.

We study psychological mechanisms of writings practices especially in the cases of psychotics teenagers. A clinical practice in a writing work-group shows that writing is a treatment of mental illness considering as a dysfunction of social inscription. Our hypothesis articulate speech and written work as reflections of the subject’s inscription in language, and social inscription as special work of linguistic mechanisms.

Palavras-chave : Psychosis; Handwriting; Written language; Adolescents.