Psychoanalisis and Drug Addiction

the drug`s jouissance and the rupture with phallic jouissance

  • Flávia Costa Tótoli Faculdade de Sete Lagoas, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brasil; Centro Universitário UNA, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
  • Cristina Moreira Marcos Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Keywords: Drug addiction, Psychoanalisis, Jouissance, Neurosis, Psychosis

Abstract

This work focuses in the study of Drug addiction through the lacanian psychoanalisis, where matters more the definition of where the drug places in the individual`s life than propertly define Drug addiction. From the affirmation that Drug addiction is possible in every structure, and that each individual has a peculiar relashionship with the drug, we intend to show the use of drug in neurosis and psychosis, explaning the different ways os jouissance and it`s relation with the Other and the object. Lacan`s statement that the drug is what allows the marriage rupture between the individual and phallus gives us the central axis for this discussion.

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Psicanalista, mestrado Psicologia/Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), profa. graduação e pós-graduação, nas áreas de Psicologia, Psicanálise, Direito, Nutrição e Enfermagem/Faculdade de Sete Lagoas (FACSETE) e Centro Universitário UNA-Campus Belo Horizonte (MG).

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Psicanalista, doutorado Psicanálise, Universidade de Paris 7, docente programa de pós-graduação Psicologia/Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
(PUC/Minas).

Published
25-10-2018
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TÓTOLI, F.; MARCOS, C. Psychoanalisis and Drug Addiction. Cadernos de Psicanálise | CPRJ, v. 39, n. 36 jan/jun, p. 125-140, 25 out. 2018.