Difference between revisions of "Psychosis"
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Two conditions are required for [[psychosis|psychotic phenomena]] to emerge: | Two conditions are required for [[psychosis|psychotic phenomena]] to emerge: | ||
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| − | + | * the [[Name-of-the-Father]] must be "called into [[symbolic]] opposition to the [[subject]]."<ref>{{E}} p.217</ref> | |
Revision as of 16:52, 10 August 2006
Psychotic Phenomena
In Lacanian psychoanalysis, it is important to distinguish between psychosis -- which is a clinical structure -- psychotic phenomena -- such as delusions and hallucinations.
Two conditions are required for psychotic phenomena to emerge:
- the subject must have a psychotic structure, and
- the Name-of-the-Father must be "called into symbolic opposition to the subject."[1]
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.217
