Pinturas de um paciente psiquiátrico: os inumeráveis estados do ser

Sergio Luiz Alécio Filho; Regina Helena Lima Caldana

Authors

Sergio Luiz Alécio Filho
Regina Helena Lima Caldana

Keywords:

art, panting, psychic dynamics, de-potentialization

Abstract

Art is a form of communication and symbolic expression and an instrument for understanding the human being. The objective of this article is to analyze the visual media production of a psychiatric patient, seeking to understand the material as an expression of his psychic dynamics. A case study was carried out with a visitor of a community center in a psychiatric hospital in the state of São Paulo. Some works of art were chosen for the study after participative observation in the studio. To assist in the analysis of the paintings, an interview was conducted with the participant, focusing on his life story and comments regarding the art he produced. Through painting, it was noticed that there was a depotentialization of threatening content from the patient’s psyche. It can also be observed that painting provided an expressive space for the participant to deal with fantasies of his internal world.

Author Biographies

Sergio Luiz Alécio Filho

Graduated psychologist from the University of São Paulo (FFCLRP/USP), analyst candidate to the Institute of Analytical Psychology of Campinas (IPAC), connected to the Jungian Association of Brazil (AJB) and to the C.G. Jung International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP). Former intern at the Museum of Images of the Unconscious of Rio de Janeiro.

Regina Helena Lima Caldana

Graduated psychologist from the University of São Paulo (FFCLRP/USP), master and doctor in Education from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), professor at the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP/USP).

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