Délire de revendication et quérulence : une revue de la littérature

Lévy, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.evopsy.2017.02.002

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“…This case (fully described in Lévy, 2016b , pp. 397–402) seems to constitute an example of some intermediate position between a querulous and a melancholic stance.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Our own study—which has been carried out within the context of doctoral researches in clinical psychology based at the Paris Diderot University (Lévy, 2016a , b )—allowed us to meet and dialogue with 18 subjects engaged in long-term litigation after they had suffered a prejudice. Four of them (22%) mentioned suicidal ideas; however, they didn't commit a suicide attempt.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The following clinical cases have been studied within the context of the above mentioned doctoral researches in clinical psychology written by the first author of this paper (Lévy, 2016a , b ). The main criterion for selecting and presenting them is that they illustrate the multiplicity of personal situations which may lead a querulous subject to express suicidal tendencies.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ms Zuliani's stance (fully described in Lévy, 2016b , pp. 461–464) as well as her somatic complaints seems to indicate a hysteriform reaction to the prejudice suffered.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…M. Doux appears to suffer from a disorder often mistaken with schizophrenia, namely, paraphrenia (Lévy, 2016a , pp.246–254). This term was used by Kraepelin; ( 1915 , pp.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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From Querulous to Suicidal: Self-immolation in Public Places as a Symbolic Response to the Feeling of Injustice

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Aim: This paper sheds light on the context that leads some querulous patients to self-immolate in front of, or into, public buildings (e.g., tribunals, city halls, and employment agencies).Method: The author defines paranoid querulousness. A psychoanalytic perspective, but also a judicial and a psychiatric point of view, over querulous claimants is presented. The links between political or social claims and self-immolation are studied. The expression of suicidal thoughts voiced by four querulous subjects is analyzed. Eight examples of self-immolation are presented.Results: The querulous subjects' self-aggressive behaviors seem to be caused by a loss of hope to obtain compensation for a prejudice they allegedly suffered. Querulous individuals tend to self-immolate in front of, or into, public buildings when no answer is given to their claims. These gestures may be both a consequence of some personal distress and triggered by a difficult social or professional context.Discussion: Five sets of assumptions derived from Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic theories are advanced. The status of the object over which the querulous claimants wish to assert their rights is clarified. The meaning of self-aggressive gestures is outlined by making reference to the concepts of instinct for mastery, symbolic other, chain of signifiers, masochism, pleasure principle, and reality principle.Conclusion: Prevention of self-immolation could involve that members of the legal professions, social workers, civil servants, and mental health professionals in contact with querulous subjects openly show their will to listen to these claimants' voice: self-aggressive gestures might be avoided by supporting the querulous person's hope to obtain compensation for the prejudice allegedly suffered.

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“…This case (fully described in Lévy, 2016b , pp. 397–402) seems to constitute an example of some intermediate position between a querulous and a melancholic stance.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ms Zuliani's stance (fully described in Lévy, 2016b , pp. 461–464) as well as her somatic complaints seems to indicate a hysteriform reaction to the prejudice suffered.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…M. Doux appears to suffer from a disorder often mistaken with schizophrenia, namely, paraphrenia (Lévy, 2016a , pp.246–254). This term was used by Kraepelin; ( 1915 , pp.…”

Section: Some Hypotheses On Suicidal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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