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Los más famosos casos de psicosis
Este libro presenta los casos más célebres de psicosis en la historia del psicoanálisis -aquellos que suscitaron importantes innovaciones teóricas- comentados por destacados psicoanalistas de la actualidad. El caso Schreber, de Freud, que llevó a éste último a profundizar en los mecanismos de la paranoia y el narcisismo; el caso Dick, niño autista a partir de cuyo análisis Melanie Klein elaborar su hipótesis sobre el sadismo como componente sano; el de la pequeña Piggle, niña desestructurada que puso a Winnicott en la senda del concepto de "madre suficientemente buena"; así como otros casos famosos como el de Dominique y la niña del espejo, tratados por Françoise Dolto; el joven Joey, por Bruno Bettelheim, y las hermanas Papin, cuya locura fue analizada por Jacques Lacan.
Cada capítulo está organizado en tres partes: la vida del paciente, sus síntomas y el desarrollo de la cura. Asimismo se examina la importancia que tiene el caso para la teoría y se incluye una selección bibliográfica que remitirá al lector a los trabajos más destacados sobre el tema. Todo ello acompañado de una revisión de la teoría psicoanalítica sobre la psicosis. Testimonio excepcional de la cura psicoanalítica, esta obra colectiva se propone como un estímulo para pensar los nuevos casos de psicosis, perturbación mental que constituye aún hoy un auténtico desafío para la teoría y la práctica psicoanalíticas.
Cada capítulo está organizado en tres partes: la vida del paciente, sus síntomas y el desarrollo de la cura. Asimismo se examina la importancia que tiene el caso para la teoría y se incluye una selección bibliográfica que remitirá al lector a los trabajos más destacados sobre el tema. Todo ello acompañado de una revisión de la teoría psicoanalítica sobre la psicosis. Testimonio excepcional de la cura psicoanalítica, esta obra colectiva se propone como un estímulo para pensar los nuevos casos de psicosis, perturbación mental que constituye aún hoy un auténtico desafío para la teoría y la práctica psicoanalíticas.
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Juan-David Nasio
60 books57 followersJuan-David Nasio (or J.-D. Nasio) is a psychoanalyst in Paris and former member of the Ecole Freudienne of Jacques Lacan.
Nasio was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. After qualifying as a doctor Nasio completed his residency as a psychiatrist at the hospital in Lanús. He emigrated to France in 1969 where he worked with Jacques Lacan. He was a professor at the University of Paris VII Sorbonne for 30 years from 1971 and is considered one of the foremost commentators on Lacanian psychoanalysis. He was the first psychoanalyst to be inducted into the prestigious French Legion of Honor. In addition to participating in Lacan's seminars and translating his Écrits into Spanish, he has authored numerous books in French and Spanish, and he is the director of the Seminaires Psychanalytiques de Paris, a major center for psychoanalytical training and the dissemination of psychoanalytical thought to nonspecialists.
Nasio was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. After qualifying as a doctor Nasio completed his residency as a psychiatrist at the hospital in Lanús. He emigrated to France in 1969 where he worked with Jacques Lacan. He was a professor at the University of Paris VII Sorbonne for 30 years from 1971 and is considered one of the foremost commentators on Lacanian psychoanalysis. He was the first psychoanalyst to be inducted into the prestigious French Legion of Honor. In addition to participating in Lacan's seminars and translating his Écrits into Spanish, he has authored numerous books in French and Spanish, and he is the director of the Seminaires Psychanalytiques de Paris, a major center for psychoanalytical training and the dissemination of psychoanalytical thought to nonspecialists.
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October 13, 2017
Proud of his prolific writing [at least 25 books have been published] Nasio said once (in Spanish) in an interview, as justification for his talent and work: “I am obedient to my super ego” ["…obediente a mi superego”].
A disciple of J. Lacan, Juan David Nasio, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst established in Paris.
From the very beginning of the book, Nasio questions the word “clinical case” and seems to give it a new meaning. A case is “an account” made “by a clinician”. Nasio finds dialectical, heuristic and metaphoric functions in this account. He ventures on saying: “my observations of the patients can be read as novels”. He’s right, in a sense, because all clinical accounts are always “reconstructions”.
The book approaches several cases which eminent psychologists, psychiatrists or psychoanalysts have dealt with. Here’s the list of cases, with a short description (but the first case) of the problem and the professional involved.
1-President Schreber (of the Dresden Senate); a case of paranoia and narcissism ; by S. Freud (*).
Freud got to know about the case via books (namely: Memories of my nervous illness) . The German president (a judge and doctor in law) was hospitalized for hypochondria at the age of 42; had an attempt of suicide; had ideas such as: God had engendered a plot against the president: of turning him into a woman; little men had been torturing him, vermin getting into his lungs, intestines removed, his stature reduced. Bleuler said of this case: a paranoid schizophrenia. Schreber developed a kind of mysticism over time.
2-Dick: a case of autism; by Melanie Klein.
3-Little Piggle, a case of an “unstructured child”; at stake the “mother concept” too; by D. Winnicott. (**)
4-Joey; a case of autism; by B. Bettelheim (***).
5-“Mirror’s girl”; a case of schizophrenia; by F. Dolto (****).
6-Dominique; a case of a psychotic teen; by F. Dolto.
7-The Papin sisters; a case of “acting out” and paranoia; by J. Lacan.
For those inquiring on “psychosis”, Nasio offers early on the Freudian view: psychotic manifestations occur (delirium or hallucinations…) due to a “struggle of the ego to defend itself from unbearable pain”; it’s a “self-preservation fight”.
Lacan said about the phenomena: a psychotic patient is a “martyr of the unconscious”.
A good work.
Of course, one of the possible approaches to psychosis.
There are other ones.
(*)
http://www.metro.inter.edu/facultad/e...
(**)
http://icpla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2...
(***)
http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/psycho...
(****)
http://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/...
UPDATE on the Papin sisters:
'They looked like such good girls': the mystery of Genet's murderous Maids"
in: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016...
A disciple of J. Lacan, Juan David Nasio, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst established in Paris.
From the very beginning of the book, Nasio questions the word “clinical case” and seems to give it a new meaning. A case is “an account” made “by a clinician”. Nasio finds dialectical, heuristic and metaphoric functions in this account. He ventures on saying: “my observations of the patients can be read as novels”. He’s right, in a sense, because all clinical accounts are always “reconstructions”.
The book approaches several cases which eminent psychologists, psychiatrists or psychoanalysts have dealt with. Here’s the list of cases, with a short description (but the first case) of the problem and the professional involved.
1-President Schreber (of the Dresden Senate); a case of paranoia and narcissism ; by S. Freud (*).
Freud got to know about the case via books (namely: Memories of my nervous illness) . The German president (a judge and doctor in law) was hospitalized for hypochondria at the age of 42; had an attempt of suicide; had ideas such as: God had engendered a plot against the president: of turning him into a woman; little men had been torturing him, vermin getting into his lungs, intestines removed, his stature reduced. Bleuler said of this case: a paranoid schizophrenia. Schreber developed a kind of mysticism over time.
2-Dick: a case of autism; by Melanie Klein.
3-Little Piggle, a case of an “unstructured child”; at stake the “mother concept” too; by D. Winnicott. (**)
4-Joey; a case of autism; by B. Bettelheim (***).
5-“Mirror’s girl”; a case of schizophrenia; by F. Dolto (****).
6-Dominique; a case of a psychotic teen; by F. Dolto.
7-The Papin sisters; a case of “acting out” and paranoia; by J. Lacan.
For those inquiring on “psychosis”, Nasio offers early on the Freudian view: psychotic manifestations occur (delirium or hallucinations…) due to a “struggle of the ego to defend itself from unbearable pain”; it’s a “self-preservation fight”.
Lacan said about the phenomena: a psychotic patient is a “martyr of the unconscious”.
A good work.
Of course, one of the possible approaches to psychosis.
There are other ones.
(*)
http://www.metro.inter.edu/facultad/e...
(**)
http://icpla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2...
(***)
http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/psycho...
(****)
http://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/...
UPDATE on the Papin sisters:
'They looked like such good girls': the mystery of Genet's murderous Maids"
in: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016...
April 20, 2024
Una gran introducción a la psicosis desde diferentes corrientes del psicoanálisis
March 15, 2025
"Os grandes casos de psicose" consegue a proeza de reunir um material rico e prático ao mesmo tempo. O livro possui uma fluidez que ainda não tinha visto com o Nasio. O desenvolvimento dos casos clínicos seguem um "roteiro" capaz de alinhar a história desses pacientes, os pontos pertinentes da teoria de cada autor e a análise propriamente dita do que é relatado, demonstrando como a psicanálise consegue mostrar uma outra via de tratamento para sujeitos por vezes "destinados" a "cuidados" focados em controlar ou modificar seus comportamentos, deixando de lado a singularidade do sofrimento de cada um. Como dito no preâmbulo: "Independentemente da época e do lugar, jamais deixaremos de nos surpreender, a exemplo dos que nos antecederam, com o mistério da loucura e com o poder insuspeitado de uma escuta analítica capaz de aliviar o sofrimento do paciente psicótico."
Fiquei particularmente interessado (em alguns casos, enternecido) pelos casos do Dick, da "pequena Piggle", do Joey e, obviamente, das irmãs Papin. Na verdade, o livro me instigou a voltar o olhar para a clínica infantil, algo que me fugia. Acredito que ele seja uma excelente opção para introdução à clínica da psicose.
Fiquei particularmente interessado (em alguns casos, enternecido) pelos casos do Dick, da "pequena Piggle", do Joey e, obviamente, das irmãs Papin. Na verdade, o livro me instigou a voltar o olhar para a clínica infantil, algo que me fugia. Acredito que ele seja uma excelente opção para introdução à clínica da psicose.
August 15, 2020
Un libro bastante interesante que exige tener cierto conocimiento de la materia para poder entender algunos conceptos. Creo que es un libro que gana más si ya has leído los casos completos, los resumen es que presentan están bien, pero si quieres tener una mayor visión crítica de los casos, mejor leerlos aparte y después leer este libro.
August 23, 2013
Siempre le he tenido su reserva a las psicosis. Esa aparente incoherencia me las vuelve particularmente inaccesibles. Sin embargo, recientemente me he sentido atraído a estudiarlas, y este libro me pareció un buen punto de arranque, por alguna revisión fragmentaria que ya había hecho del mismo.
Me parece muy buena opción poder elaborar estas breves síntesis de algunos casos de importancia teórica e histórica, y articularlos con las nociones y los conceptos que derivaron de su estudio (y no, como puede creerse, a los que sirven de ilustración). Además de reencontrarme a unos viejos conocidos, Joey y las hermanas Papin, me encantaron los demás casos, por una parte me llamó mucho la atención que en su mayoría son de niños, y esto me llevó, por otra, a comprender algo más acerca del carácter constitutivo de la psicosis para cualquier estructuración psíquica.
Añadido a los casos, me parece muy ilustrativo el primer punto, donde se aclara precisamente la noción de caso. Y el último, sobre el concepto de forclusión local, es interesante pero creo que le puedo sacar más jugo en otro momento.
Tenía tantas ganas de entrarle a la lectura de este libro, acrecentadas por no estar disponible en la biblioteca, que cuando por fin pude acceder a él, hasta olvidé renovar el préstamo y terminé pagando una buena multa. Pero eso ya será para elaborar sobre mi propio caso.
Me parece muy buena opción poder elaborar estas breves síntesis de algunos casos de importancia teórica e histórica, y articularlos con las nociones y los conceptos que derivaron de su estudio (y no, como puede creerse, a los que sirven de ilustración). Además de reencontrarme a unos viejos conocidos, Joey y las hermanas Papin, me encantaron los demás casos, por una parte me llamó mucho la atención que en su mayoría son de niños, y esto me llevó, por otra, a comprender algo más acerca del carácter constitutivo de la psicosis para cualquier estructuración psíquica.
Añadido a los casos, me parece muy ilustrativo el primer punto, donde se aclara precisamente la noción de caso. Y el último, sobre el concepto de forclusión local, es interesante pero creo que le puedo sacar más jugo en otro momento.
Tenía tantas ganas de entrarle a la lectura de este libro, acrecentadas por no estar disponible en la biblioteca, que cuando por fin pude acceder a él, hasta olvidé renovar el préstamo y terminé pagando una buena multa. Pero eso ya será para elaborar sobre mi propio caso.
November 27, 2016
Learning psychologic through the review of psycotic cases that helped define the psychoanalysts theories that 'cured' or explained the patients is the offer this book has for the reader.
I found specially interesting the focus on the forclusion phenomenon. If i have to make a tease about the concept i would say is an explanation of a containted form of psycosis, a smaller version that only affects a 'local' area of the patients psyque and expresses itself as a temporary sickness of the mind.
I wonder how far i can take this concept to explain even smaller but less impressive forms of psycotic behaviors.
I found specially interesting the focus on the forclusion phenomenon. If i have to make a tease about the concept i would say is an explanation of a containted form of psycosis, a smaller version that only affects a 'local' area of the patients psyque and expresses itself as a temporary sickness of the mind.
I wonder how far i can take this concept to explain even smaller but less impressive forms of psycotic behaviors.
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