Is Mistreatment Traumatic?

Authors

  • Ana Lucía Sanín Jiménez
  • Clara Cecilia Mesa Duque

Keywords:

Child abuse, Trauma, Children's rights, Traumatic neurosis, Compulsion to repeat.

Abstract

This article seeks to answer the question of whether or not child abuse is traumatic. To do so, the article relies on Sigmund Freud's and Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic theories and on interviews with children under protection. In addition, the article assesses how mistreatment is defined under the Infancy and Adolescence Code and contrasts this evaluation with the psychoanalytical findings.

Author Biographies

  • Ana Lucía Sanín Jiménez

    Psicóloga. Especialista en Psicología clínica, con énfasis en salud mental. Magister en Investigación psicoanalítica. Líder del grupo de investigación: Clínica y Salud mental. Profesora auxiliar del Programa de Psicología de la Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda

  • Clara Cecilia Mesa Duque

     Psicóloga. Psicoanalista. Profesora del departamento de psicoanálisis de la Universidad de Antioquia. 

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Published

2021-01-20

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Section

Temas Generales