Citation

Lagos M, Bekerman S, Sosa N. Vertex 2017; XXVIII(134): 302-311.

Vernacular Title

Traumatismos sociales: sobre la clínica y el análisis de la subjetividad.

Affiliation

Equipo Argentino de Trabajo e Investigación Psicosocial - EATIP. Capítulo de Salud Mental, Derechos Humanos y Emergencias Sociales de APSA. Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Internacional de Rehabilitación de Víctimas de Tortura - IRCT. Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Formación de Postgrado de APSA. mlagos@intramed.net.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Polemos)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29522597

Abstract

Clinical and psychosocial assistance demand that we try and understand the complex effect traumatic events have on people and their subjectivity, as well as on our own stance and reference framework. Traumatic situations of social origin affect groups of individuals and the State is to some extent responsible for their genesis and the resolution of their effects. In our professional practice we are faced with problems that concern both the individuals and the relationships they establish. The way highly traumatic events are dealt with is influenced by various factors that challenge our therapeutic theories and approaches. The crisis of our time, characterized by uncertainty, violence patterns, intolerance of differences, fracture of social bonds, combined with major technological developments and subjective changes, triggers new and complex ways of connection -even hyperconnectivity- through social media. These vicissitudes of our time confront us with new expressions of discomfort about our own place in the world, deeply affect our identities and reinforce the suffering we experience when faced with the emergency of the devastating power of social trauma. Thus, they become part of our current challenge as professionals.

Language: es