The child and the mental debility: a Lacanian approach

Authors

  • Ângela Vorcaro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas; Departamento de Psicologia
  • Ariana Lucero Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas; Departamento de Psicologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642011005000034

Keywords:

Mental weakness, Lacan, Psychoanalysis, Psychopathology, Children

Abstract

This article resumes the concept of mental weakness in the history of Psychoanalysis in order to verify the way Lacan took this notion in his theory. We will investigate the Lacanian hypothesis of a structural mental weakness as well as its pathological aspects which requires the differential diagnosis in relation to psychosis, psychosomatics and intellectual inhibition. Finally, we will propose a matheme for mental weakness.

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Published

2011-12-01

How to Cite

The child and the mental debility: a Lacanian approach. (2011). Psicologia USP, 22(4), 813-832. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642011005000034