The Insertion of the Psychoanalyst in an Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Taking into consideration the need for publications showing the profound articulation between psychoanalysis and psychology, together with the fact that a psychologist/psychoanalyst is often asked to be part multi-professional team in a hospital; this study aims to discuss and to deepen the particularities that involve the insertion of this professional in this work field. Through the analysis of psychoanalytical authors and the brief account of the singular clinic experience in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), we intended to establish a difference between insertion and entrance, so the psychologist/psychoanalyst can effectively work in this context. Furthermore, we come to the conclusion that the production of knowledge can facilitate the creation of a knowing demand and the insertion of the psychoanalyst, via working transference.

Psychoanalysis; Psychology; Insertion; Hospitals