The Clinical Case As A Basis For Research In Fundamental Psychopathology [o Caso Clínico Como Fundamento Da Pesquisa Em Psicopatologia Fundamental]

摘要

This article discusses aspects that hinder the process of drawing up clinical cases and stresses their importance for research in fundamental psychopathology. The author bases her thinking on several texts by Freud and his followers about the technique and the interpretation of dreams. In these texts, clinical cases are used to express a problem that must be investigated. The grounds for research follow the same logic as that used for interpreting dreams. © 2009 Associação Universitária de Pesquisa em Psicopatologia Fundamental.