Abstract

CARVALHO, Denis Barros de; SOUZA, Leylanne Martins Ribeiro de; ROSA, Lourena Silva  and  GOMES, Máyra Laís de Carvalho. How is it written, in Brazil, the History of Psychology in the hospital context?. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.3, pp. 1005-1026. ISSN 1808-4281.

The objective of this essay is to analyze the Brazilian historiographical production on the insertion of Psychology in the hospital context to the light of the concepts of critical history of Karl Danziger. The text is divided in four parts: Initially, a revision on the studies concerning the Psychology of the Health in the hospital context is presented; the central nucleus of the work is the second section, in which if it presents an analysis of the research on the History of Psychology in the hospital context; in the next section if it searchs to rethink the historical research on Psychology in the hospital context from a Critical History of the Psychology of the Health.

Keywords : History of Psychology; Psychology of the health in the hospital context; The work of the psychologist.