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Introduction: Body image refers to the figuration of the body in the mind, has a strong experiential component, and is permeated by subjective aspects. Objective: To analyze the subjective aspects of body image in women with fibromyalgia. Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study. Participants were 16 women with a confirmed diagnosis for at least six months. The instrument used was the Human Figure Drawing (HFD), a projective technique for the exclusive use of psychologists, following the procedures established in the specialized literature. The examination of the material was carried out independently by two expert evaluators, who used meaning attribution criteria established in classic publications in psychological evaluation. Results: The following indicators in the participants' drawings were highlighted: medium thickness and continuous line, small size, location in the fourth quadrant, presence of reinforcements and representations of joints, figures with static body posture, and simplified facial features. These indicators were interpreted as signs suggestive of passivity, insecurity, inhibition, feeling of inferiority, conflicts regarding difficulties in contact, propensity to take refuge in fantasy, idealization, regression, and attempts at omnipotent control, psychic rigidity, and devitalization. Therefore, the body image of the participants seemed to be determined by mental representations that include the body, but are not restricted to their biological dimensions or the physical limitations resulting from the symptomatic manifestations of fibromyalgia. Conclusion: The participants' body image had an inherently negative value since it was subjectively shaped by internalized and unconscious unfavorable concepts about themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Psychoanalysis has potentially helpful contributions to current debates about sexuality. Discussions on this topic are essential in current days, especially on Brazilian society, considering the recent up surging of a sexist mentality which incites various forms of abuse and violence against women. Therefore, this brief theoretical essay aims to present a mapping of psychoanalytical postulations, Freudian and post-Freudian, on female sexuality. More precisely, we seek, in a first moment, to circumscribe central thesis on "becoming" a woman, as proposed by Freud. In a second moment, we plan to synthesize propositions of contemporary authors with whom we can establish a dialogue and that, in our midst, have used psychoanalysis to reflect about "being" a woman, or, in other words, the experience of female sexuality in adulthood, namely in mature age. We have concluded that the propositions of the contemporary authors we synthesized here made advancements in some aspects on Freudian's theories on female sexuality, but don't render his ideas obsolete. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Brazilian mental health services, namely in the Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPSs), several intervention tools have been used. The therapeutic workshops stand out as one of the main ones. The present study aimed to establish, through a literature review, an overview of the scientific production carried out in the format of article about the therapeutic workshops in the mental health field in Brazil. The following databases were consulted: Periódicos Eletrônicos de Psicologia (PEPsic), Base de Dados de Enfermagem (BDEnf) and Scientific Electronic Library Online-Brasil (SciELO-Brasil). The localized references were sorted to enable the discarding of possible duplications and then selected according to the theme. The corpus of analysis consisted of 11 references. It was found that the objectives of such references were relatively diverse, but most of them did not provide information on the frame of the therapeutic workshops they addressed. In any case, the references pointed out that such intervention tools, specially from the artistic expression and the work, fomented the interaction between the users, as well as the development of different abilities and, consequently, they provided subsidies for the psychosocial care. On the other hand, in some references, there were indications that the therapeutic workshops researched, at least in part, appeared as mere tasks to be performed mechanically by the users, because were conceived or ended up functioning as a kind of hobby. The present study, therefore, can be considered potentially useful for researchers and health professionals interested in the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, some researches have been using the theoretical framework of Psychoanalysis in order to shed light on the subjective aspects of fibromyalgia. The purpose in this study, through the development of a literature review, was to establish a brief overview of scientific publications disseminated in various Latin American vehicles and that address fibromyalgia from psychoanalytic perspective. Therefore, electronic searches were developed in the databases SciELO-Brazil, LILACS, PEPsic, and Psique. The publications located were selected using criteria related to the focus and the tipo. All selected publications were fully retried and assessed in function of a set of dimensions. Were located 505 publications in total. Excluding the repetitions, 376 publications remained. Of these, however, only 13 constituted the corpus of this study. The large number of eliminations was expected due to the range of the search strategy used. It was verified that publications deriving from theoretical-clinical studies were predominant and that diversified authors were referred to. The results of the publications are not conclusive with regard to the possibility that fibromyalgia is a variant of the hysteria molded by the contemporary subjectivation processes or has a transnosographic background. However, was recurrent the association between the syndrome and the early traumatic experiences, mainly related to sexuality. Thus, this study permits mapping the knowledge produced on fibromyalgia in the light of Psychoanalysis and appoints possibilities for further research, which show to be necessary in view of the lack of publications currently available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Physical pain, mainly when chronic, turned into a major theme of interest to Psychology only when the subjectivity inherent in this phenomenon was acknowledged. This study aims to discuss Freud's first metapsychological contributions to the understanding of the subjective aspects of physical pain. In general terms, Freud qualifies physical pain as a pseudo-drive, at the threshold between the somatic and the psychic. In addition, Freud relates it with melancholy and, hence, with the deprival from a libidinously invested object. Furthermore, the existence of an only indirect link between pain - independently of its psychic or physical nature - and pleasure in masochism and sadomasochism is established. Therefore, although no complete theory was developed on the theme in the texts considered on this occasion, the author established conceptual coordinates that dialogue with their further development and provide fruitful elements for the psychoanalytic clinic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The globalized world has passed to intense metamorphosis' in the last decades. The globalization, as well as its subproducts — the increase of the unemployment levels and the work relationship's worsening — has contributed to the unemployees marginalization. The present research purpose is to delineate a profile of the unemployees and vacancies offered by the the market in Assis (SP) town and region, in a psychological perspective over the work and the unemployment. The obtained data, collected in the town Job Agency, was quantitavity analised and interpreted using the theoretical reference of the researchers who deals with the modern economic conjuncture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presence of wanderings is more and more notable in brazilian roads. Several studies have been done with this population, but few emphasis has been given to psychological characteristics of this people. With the purpose to investigate personality aspects of them, the Machover's Human Figure Drawing was applied in twelve wanderings sheltered in an assistential institute of São Carlos (SP) city. The grafic produtions were valued and analyzed in their formal, general and content aspects. The formulated interpretations indicate that the studied people have a body image branded by inadequacy and depreciation feelings. It had been noted the existence of sexual conflicts signals, hardness in social relationships and inclination to alcoholism. Those interpretations are not conclusive, but contribute to the compreension of important psychodynamics aspects of this populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Therapeutic Accompaniment (TA) has received increasing attention in the field of mental health. This study presents a scientific literature review of Brazilian scientific articles on TA, based on dissertations and theses concluded in stricto sensu graduate programs in Brazil between 2000 and 2011. The references were obtained from the Dissertation and Thesis Database of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), carefully selected and, finally, assessed in view of different dimensions. In general, the results reveal repetitions in the corpus in terms of the methodo logical strategies, theoretical frameworks and methodological designs. In that sense, this study discloses gaps in the scientific literature and contributes to the definition of a research agenda on the theme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]