THE ADOLESCENT WITH CANCER, FROM A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE, IN THE LIGHT OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5584332407111

• Palavras-chave: Cancer, Family, Adolescent and Psychoanalysis.

• Keywords: Cancer, Family, Adolescent and Psychoanalysis.

• Abstract:

  This paper discusses the contemporary family in relation to the psychic formation of adolescents and its dynamics, with adolescents with cancer, considering contemporaneity in a global and everyday context. This discussion goes through the challenge of the classic family model, related to romantic love, which is currently extinct, due to a society in which relationships are dispersed and the formation of bonds is not effective, due to consumption and the competitive job market. Thus, in the course of the text, issues related to the family and the authority figure in the formation of the subject will be addressed and discussed, as a truth or utopia and how this process implies in the dynamics of adolescents with cancer. To this end, Freudian and post-Freudian psychoanalytic theory, materials from oncology and hospital psychology will be used to support this discussion. The specific objectives are to outline the differences between patriarchal and contemporary families; to discuss the importance of the family for the formation of the adolescent ego; to debate family relationships with adolescents on the basis of psychoanalytic theory; to discuss cancer, from conception to development; to analyze the dynamics of adolescents with cancer in the face of contemporary families. Therefore, this text is of great relevance to the theoretical and practical professional development of a psychologist in the hospital and oncology sector, as well as doctors, nurses and physiotherapists, due to the fact that the context of the research encompasses the subject in its macro and micro context, with knowledge of the family dynamic that contributes greatly to the adolescent's ego formation, in addition to the nuances presented by cancer.