A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde

This article intends to discuss the ideological and theoretical assumptions supporting the accusations currently made to psychoanalysis that it wouldn`t be a scientific praxis and it would be a inefficacious technique. Such critics nowadays are inserted in a project of medicalization of the psychic...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberto Calazans, Rosane Zétola Lustoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2008-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia
Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=229017544011
id doaj-ca18c3ea363640d69091c51a5b64bd85
record_format Article
spelling doaj-ca18c3ea363640d69091c51a5b64bd852020-11-25T00:19:16ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroArquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia 0100-86921809-52672008-01-01601124131A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúdeRoberto CalazansRosane Zétola LustozaThis article intends to discuss the ideological and theoretical assumptions supporting the accusations currently made to psychoanalysis that it wouldn`t be a scientific praxis and it would be a inefficacious technique. Such critics nowadays are inserted in a project of medicalization of the psychic aiming to treat psychopatology according the same parameters used in the definition of the organic illness. Examining the notions that give theoretical support to medicalization - that is, health and life - the authors want to demonstrate the epistemological fragility of such notions. The aim is to show that health and life must not be mobilized in order to discredit psychoanalysis because they¿re not scientific notions.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=229017544011
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Roberto Calazans
Rosane Zétola Lustoza
spellingShingle Roberto Calazans
Rosane Zétola Lustoza
A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia
author_facet Roberto Calazans
Rosane Zétola Lustoza
author_sort Roberto Calazans
title A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
title_short A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
title_full A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
title_fullStr A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
title_full_unstemmed A medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
title_sort medicalização do psíquico: os conceitos de vida e saúde
publisher Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
series Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia
issn 0100-8692
1809-5267
publishDate 2008-01-01
description This article intends to discuss the ideological and theoretical assumptions supporting the accusations currently made to psychoanalysis that it wouldn`t be a scientific praxis and it would be a inefficacious technique. Such critics nowadays are inserted in a project of medicalization of the psychic aiming to treat psychopatology according the same parameters used in the definition of the organic illness. Examining the notions that give theoretical support to medicalization - that is, health and life - the authors want to demonstrate the epistemological fragility of such notions. The aim is to show that health and life must not be mobilized in order to discredit psychoanalysis because they¿re not scientific notions.
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=229017544011
work_keys_str_mv AT robertocalazans amedicalizacaodopsiquicoosconceitosdevidaesaude
AT rosanezetolalustoza amedicalizacaodopsiquicoosconceitosdevidaesaude
AT robertocalazans medicalizacaodopsiquicoosconceitosdevidaesaude
AT rosanezetolalustoza medicalizacaodopsiquicoosconceitosdevidaesaude
_version_ 1725372212746125312