Diagnosis of childhood: what are the possible implications?

Authors

  • Heloisa Cardoso da Silva UNISINOS
  • Mercês Sant'Anna Ghazzi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i2.33989

Keywords:

Diagnosis, childhood, psychoanalysis

Abstract

This article aimed to address the specificities of the diagnostic process in psychopathology in childhood
from a literature review. At first, there was a theoretical basis on how psychoanalysis conceives
diagnosis, contrasting with the medical perspective. Subsequently, reflected on how this thinking process
in childhood, considering its particularities. Finally, were discussed the repercussions of the diagnostic
act so peculiar in that period, taking as inspiration clippings practice in clinical psychology and school
linking them with the theoretical findings. Anyway, it was discussed about the excessive prescriptions
perceived today, but also about the possible effects that may arise in the spaces where the child circulates:
their family environment, school and social.

Author Biographies

Heloisa Cardoso da Silva, UNISINOS

Psicóloga, especialista em Problemas do Desenvolvimento na Infância e Adolescência (Centro Lydia Coriat), mestre em Psicologia Clínica (UNISINOS)

Mercês Sant'Anna Ghazzi

Psicóloga, psicanalista, mestre em Psicologia (PUCRS), professora do curso de Psicologia da Faculdade São Francisco de Assis (Porto Alegre/RS) e do Centro de Estudos Paulo César D’Avila Brandão, Centro Lydia Coriat (Porto Alegre/RS).

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Published

2016-12-22

How to Cite

da Silva, H. C., & Ghazzi, M. S. (2016). Diagnosis of childhood: what are the possible implications?. Interação Em Psicologia, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i2.33989

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Theoretical or Historical Studies

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