Visiting Ellen West’s case in the 21st century

an approximation to Anorexia Nervosa?

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https://doi.org/10.37067/rpfc.v12i2.1126

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phenomenological psychopathology, anorexia nervosa, corporeality, identity

Abstract

Having in mind the emblematic case of Ellen West, aims to visit the analysis carried out by Binswanger under the perspective of the 21st century, to length additional statements to the case and problematize with the characteristics also observed in patients with anorexia nervosa. From a brief presentation of the essential characteristics of the experience described by Ellen West, based on the findings regarding the experience of anorexia nervosa and its conditions of possibilities. The disproportion of corporeality is the description’s key point of these psychopathological structures; however, it emphasizes that, mitigated by the grandeur of corporeity, there is the perception of threat and annihilation of the individual and his subjectivity in order to prevent him from constituting his identity throughout intersubjectivity.

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Author Biographies

Thaís Gazotti, Instituto da Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

Psicóloga. Mestre em Psicologia. Doutoranda em Ciências da Saúde pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Senso em Fisiopatologia Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Psicóloga colaboradora do AMBULIM IPq do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Especialista em Psicopatologia Fenomenológica da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo.

Táki Athanássios Cordás, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

Psiquiatra. Doutor. Pesquisador-Orientador do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Senso em Fisiopatologia Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Coordenador fundador do AMBULIM IPq Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.

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2023-08-31

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2023): Edição especial

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