Depression and the search for a "Pharmakon" to alleviate individual and social discomfort

Authors

  • Rosmarie Hajjar
  • Araceli Albino
  • Álvaro da Silva Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v5i0.2004

Keywords:

Depression, Psychoanalysis, Neurosciences, Psychiatry

Abstract

This essay aims at approaching the theme of depression from the points of view of neuroscience, psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Neuroscience and Psychiatry favor the biological aspect, considering the disease as a result of an imbalance of neurotransmitters. Psychoanalysis sees depression as the manifestation of an alienation of the pathways of desire, caused by the very constitution of its subject, established by relationships created since early childhood.  Today, the search for a pharmakon, term used by Plato to indicate both medicine and poison, can perpetuate this ill-being instead of dissolving it.

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Published

2017-02-03

How to Cite

Hajjar, R., Albino, A., & Santos, Álvaro da S. (2017). Depression and the search for a "Pharmakon" to alleviate individual and social discomfort. JOURNAL FAMILY, CYCLES OF LIFE AND HEALTH IN SOCIAL CONTEXT, 5, 165–174. https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v5i0.2004

Issue

Vol. 5 (2017): Suplemento 1 - Saúde Bucal

Section

Reflection

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