AUTISM AND ITS CONNECTIONS: WHAT MEDICATION FOR AUTISM?

Authors

  • Ana Maria Costa da Silva Lopes UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2019v25n3p1343-1352

Keywords:

Autism. Autism spectrum disorder. Medication. Neuroleptic. Psychoanalysis.

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the connection between psychoanalysis and psychiatry based on the question: what is the medication for the autist? Narrative review was used as methodology. Scientific evidence shows that there is no specific medication for autism, but certain symptoms which disrupt the functionality of daily life, such as insomnia, aggressiveness, agitation, among others, can be medicated. What the analyst aims at is not to change the form of autistic functioning, but to allow the possibility of building a unique universe, solutions that no diagnostic manual can anticipate. In this sense, psychiatry and its therapeutic arsenal, via the act of medicating, take the place of the analyst’s partner, allowing the subject not to be reduced to being a simple object of diagnosis, in the name of a supposed “normality”. Medication can contribute in a punctual, discontinuous or, at times, continuous manner, enabling the course of analytical treatment.

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Author Biography

Ana Maria Costa da Silva Lopes, UFMG

Professora adjunta do Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), membro aderente da Seção Minas da Escola Brasileira de Psicanálise, psiquiatra com atuação em infância e adolescência, psicanalista.

Published

2020-09-29

Issue

Section

Dossiê Autismo e Psicanálise