Abstract:
Early in his theoretical developments, Freud noticed that psychotics did not respond to the psychoanalytic treatment, suggesting that psychosis would correspond to a different constitution mechanism. Gradually, transference became the target of investigation for discovering a way to tackle psychosis. However, Freud’s findings were insufficient to solve the issue of establishing a satisfactory transference bond with psychotics. Jacques Lacan modified some Freudian concepts to create his own operators and coined erotomania, the structural and logical consequence of the bond between analyst and psychotic. This article proposes a possible clinic, from a psychoanalytic perspective, as a possible treatment route for psychosis by establishing a transference bond via the appropriate management of jouissance, which promotes stabilization.
Keywords:
psychoanalysis; psychosis; transference