Automutilação e a psicanálise lacaniana: contribuições para a prática do psicólogo na rede

Abstract

Self-mutilation is an act carried out on one's own body using sharp objects, so this article aims to observe what the scientific literature has addressed on the subject, as this is a topic that is currently little researched in Brazil and that needs more understanding, as well as to investigate how Lacanian psychoanalytic contributions on self-mutilation behaviors can contribute to the practices of psychologists working in the Psychosocial Care Network. Therefore, the method used in this study was a qualitative, exploratory approach with a narrative bibliographical review, which aims to discuss and describe a topic in a broader way, without the need for a systematized description. The results of the research pointed to self-mutilation as a subjective response to relieve the anguish that pervades adolescence and highlighted the importance of qualified listening by psychologists together with the multidisciplinary work proposed by the psychosocial care network.