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SANTOS, Neemyas Kerr Batalha Dos; SILVA JUNIOR, Almir Ferreira Da  e  FONTENELLE, Plínio Santos. The medicalization of the existence according to Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.70, n.3, pp. 232-245. ISSN 1809-5267.

The medicalization of the existence according to Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology This article aims to discuss the medicalization of existence according to the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considering his notion of the own body. In the context of mental and behavioral disorders, the focus of this research is manifested by the massive increase of psychopharmacological interventions. Thus, an investigation of the prevailing notions of body is carried out, as such interventions are administered in it. This study is anchored in the author's first two major works: The Structure of Behavior and The Phenomenology of Perception. The philosopher's thought reveals a notion of body and psychism, which are not reduced to the intersection of physical-chemical causalities. It is emphasized that the medicalization of the existence ignores the phenomenal character of the body as an expression when it has as its sole objective the suppression of symptoms to the detriment of the possibility of understanding them.

Palavras-chave : Medicalization; Existence; Merleau-Ponty; Phenomenology; Psychopathology.

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