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We approach the subject of reading as a complex phenomenon of construction of sense, and reconstruction of oneself, especially in situations of psychic and physical vulnerability as in the case of the hospitalized people. The role of the bibliotherapy is important as a possible tool to apply in the different health centers. The theoretical frame considered is the psychoanalysis (essentially the theory of Winnicott) and the anthropology of the reading (Michèle Petit). The experience of the creation of a library for patients in Portal Amarillo is described (Centro de Información y Referencia en Drogas, Uruguay). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present article, some basic concepts related to the bibliotherapy activity that we carry out in Portal Amarillo (Centro Nacional de Información y Referencia en Drogas-Montevideo-Uruguay) are explained. Interdisciplinarity, bibliotherapist profile, and symbolization are some of the subjects of the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]