The problem of avoiding the diagnosis of Psychosis in Childhood and Adolescence.
The problem of avoiding the diagnosis of Psychosis in Childhood and Adolescence.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.159491241410948
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Palavras-chave: Diagnóstico - Psicosis- Infancia - Adolescencia - Psicoanálisis
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Keywords: Diagnosis – Psychosis - Childhood – Adolescence –Psychoanalysis.
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Abstract: The diagnosis of infantile psychosis was used since the beginning of the century, both by psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, always sparking arduous debates. However, when it was removed from the classifications of hegemonic mental disorders, it has left a theoretical and clinical gap, which seeks to be repaired by new nosologies. Instead, many psychotic manifestations have been included in Autism Spectrum Disorder. This modification in the nomenclature is not without consequences, and entails great difficulties for those who suffer from psychosis, as well as for their families and for the institutions in which they try to insert themselves. On the other hand, this absence of diagnosis produces confusion in the ways of evaluating and approaching said condition. For its part, psychoanalysis continues to think of psychosis as a psychic structure characterized by the use of dismissal and the appearance of delusions and hallucinations that may begin in childhood, hand in hand with a pathological structuring of subjectivity. For this reason, this work aims to: make visible through clinical vignettes the existence of psychosis in Childhood and Adolescence, problematize the use of standardized therapeutic and diagnostic approaches methods in subjects with psychosis. At the same time, it tries to warn about the negative consequences of the lack of diagnosis of Psychosis in childhood and adolescence on those who suffer from it and their environment; such as the lack of adequate medication due to not being referred to Psychiatry. Finally, it invites reflection on early excessive exposure to screens, as a triggering factor for the outbreak.
- Cintia Valeria Guirland