A PSYCHIATRIC-PENAL INSTITUTION: THE WITNESS TO A LIVED LOOK.

Authors

  • ELZA IBRAHIM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2013.5272

Abstract

The article has the objective of problematizing how the criminally insane were viewed along the years within the history of Psychiatry. We want to show who he is, how and where he is incarcerated: the prison for the criminally insane known in Brazil as ‘Manicômio Judiciário’. We emphasize the need for a critical attitude by the professional who operates in the health arena and also signal to the importance of creating resistance actions to what it is imposed and considered natural by the institution itself. We are guided by Michel Foucault`s ideas, especially those related to the relationships which permeate the institutionalized field.

Keywords: Penal-psychiatric institution; criminally insane; resistance.

Author Biography

ELZA IBRAHIM

Mestre em Psicologia (PUC/RJ); Professora Auxiliar do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Veiga de Almeida

Published

2013-03-19

How to Cite

IBRAHIM, E. (2013). A PSYCHIATRIC-PENAL INSTITUTION: THE WITNESS TO A LIVED LOOK. POLÊM!CA, 12(1), 22–30. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2013.5272

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Section

LIPIS - Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa e Intervenção Social