PSYCHOSIS IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND IN PSYCHIATRY: OBSERVATIONS ABOUT DIAGNOSTIC

Abstract

The aim of this work is to discuss some issues related to the diagnosis of psychosis in psychoanalysis and in psychiatry, pointing out distinctions between the two diagnostic logic present in each discipline; the article intends, also, to show, in a detailed way, the psychoanalytical perspective about the psychosis. Through a literature review, the authors expose the theorizing about psychosis at different times of the works of Freud and Lacan, underlining fundamental concepts for the understanding of each conception. At the end, it is shown how psychosis gets the status of a clinical structure and the consequences of this in the field of clinical management.