2016
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-14982016002002
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Characterpathy, the Position of the Individual in the Field of Jouissance and the Struggle to Build an Analyzable Symptom

Abstract: As we introduce the concept of character, formulated by some theorists of psychoanalysis, we are able to spot an important theoretical and clinical device to investigate the manifestations of psychic distress. The character presumes something more archaic than the symptom; therefore it emerges before its formation. The pathologies of the character, also called characteropathies, are subjective presentation forms in which the outputs of the subject through the act to the detriment of the word and the meaning pr… Show more

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