CHILD PHOBIA: FROM THE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER TO THE SYMPTOMATIC RESPONSE IN PSYCHOANALYSIS

Authors

  • Diana Lídia Silva Universidade Federal de São João del Rei - UFSJ http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-8300
  • Wilson Camilo Chaves Universidade Federal de São João del Rei - UFSJ
  • Roberto Calazans Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, UFSJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2019v25n3p1152-1170

Keywords:

Children’s phobia. Symptom. Psychoanalysis. Anxiety disorder.

Abstract

This paper discusses the psychoanalytical approach of the phobic symptom, in comparison to the way phobia is approached by psychiatry, more specifically in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – V (DSM-V, and the effects these approaches have on the clinic for children. Even though Freud did not carry out the analysis of children, he set the basis for this practice by stating that childhood experiences can be the source of anguish and even neurosis. In psychoanalysis, listening to the subject is paramount, even in early childhood; that is what the case of “Little Hans” illustrates. On the other hand, the psychiatric notion of disorder prevents the subject from taking part in the process of dealing with his own suffering. The present discussion seeks, therefore, to reflect upon the consequences, for the clinic with children, of treating the symptom of phobia as a disorder from which the subject needs to be set free, denying its value of truth.

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Author Biographies

Diana Lídia Silva, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei - UFSJ

Psicóloga pela Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei; Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei

Wilson Camilo Chaves, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei - UFSJ

Doutor em Filosofia pela UFSCAR; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFSJ

Roberto Calazans, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, UFSJ

Doutor em Teoria Psicanalítica pela UFRJ;Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFSJ; Bolsista de Produtividade Nível 2 do CNPq

Published

2020-09-29

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