Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3194488 | Clinics in Dermatology | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Psychoanalysis contributed to the body representation in medicine with a biographic focus in which language, dreams, sexuality, unconscious wishes, and the relationship with the doctor play a fundamental role. In spite of being invisible to the gaze, this anatomy has its fundamental piece on the skin. A piece that has the status—given by Freud—of “erotogenic zone par excellence.” In this paper, different levels of psychological/psychiatric functioning and some character types elucidated by psychoanalytic work with dermatology patients are described. Some therapeutic strategies are suggested as a way of orientation to the dermatologist's management of difficult patients.
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Authors
Jorge Claudio Ulnik,