Internações hospitalares e cirurgias precoces, linguagem e psiquismo: estudo de dois casos

Abstract

The organic birth of the studied children was not concomitant to their symbolic birth, thus creating a gap between them. This gap is derived from the lack of compatibility between the development of corporal scheme and subjective processes. The symbolic effects suffered by parents due to the birth of children who are radically divergent from what was expected was devastating, making it impossible for parents to conceive their babies symbolically. After the violent impact of disappointment, these children remained being interpreted by their parents. This created a disturbance in the functioning of language and in the psychism of these children. Thus, unconsciously, parents were only able to represent their children based on the place that was originally given to them: the place of disease.

Editorial

“…Campanatti-Ostiz & Andrade (2006) Birkman & Cunha (2006) present a two case study related to language and psychism, with the history of several hospital enrollments and early surgery interventions. The authors present a profound discussion about the implications brought by the lack of compatibility between the development of body scheme and the process of subjectivism.…”