Abstract

LAURENS, Stéphane  and  KOZAKAI, Toshiaki. Louis Vivet, the concept of multiple personality and cathartic mehod. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2006, vol.58, n.2, pp. 67-80. ISSN 1809-5267.

A clinical case of Louis Vivet, described by Bourru and Burot (1888), contributed to elaborate the concepts of multiple personality and cathartic method. The authors present this clinical case, the cultural context of this mental illness, and the relevant theories. The genetic analysis of Louis Vivet’s iatrogenic disorder or transient mental illness (Hacking, 2002) shows how the dominant theories on identity and memory contributed to construct the symptoms observed by Bourru and Burot (1888) and validated the therapeutic methods.

Keywords : Iatrogenic disorder; Multiple personality; Cathartic method; Identity; Social memory.

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