The cure in psychoanalysis: organics and subjective effects of an analysis

Authors

  • Fernanda Sanches de Sousa Centro Universitário Filadélfia (Londrina). Paraná, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7773-0536
  • Marco Correa Leite Centro Universitário Filadélfia (Londrina). Paraná, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3394rpds.v10i3.3809

Keywords:

Psychoanalysis, Mental health, Treatment, Efficacy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This article results from a bibliographic review to highlight the effects of the psychoanalysis treatment, not only based on the issues reported by the patients but also in other outcomes measurable by biochemistry changes that are verified during and after the treatment. OBJECTIVES: to verify if psychoanalysis with its effects can be scientifically measured beyond the report of the patients and the analysts and, in the last case, to point out the efficacy of the treatment for contemporary psychopathology. METHODS: it was carried out a systematic literature review of referenced articles, considering the period from the year 2008 to current days, which aimed to demonstrate verifiable effects in the patients that were submitted to psychoanalysis, considering either functional or biochemistry changes. RESULTS: It was found that several evidences of the effects during the psychoanalytical process and also after the end of the treatment. CONCLUSION: With this work, it was possible to verify that psychoanalysis is an effective treatment for several mental disorders and can be a standard gold treatment once is respected the appropriate attention to the formation of the analysts. New researches must be done to compare psychoanalysis and other types of treatment in the mental health field. 

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Author Biography

  • Fernanda Sanches de Sousa, Centro Universitário Filadélfia (Londrina). Paraná, Brasil.

     

     

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Published

09/24/2021

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Review Studies

How to Cite

Sanches de Sousa, F., & Correa Leite, M. (2021). The cure in psychoanalysis: organics and subjective effects of an analysis. Revista Psicologia, Diversidade E Saúde, 10(3), 484-495. https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3394rpds.v10i3.3809

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