Patients’ perspectives on living with psoriasis: a qualitative study in the light of Jungian theory

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Camila Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: de Moraes Vanderlei , Lygia Carmen, Nelson Fernandes Barbosa, Leopoldo, Kenney da Cunha Nascimento, Ananda, Rique de Souza Brito Dias, Mírian, Cabral Filho, José Eulálio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/41582
• topic: Skin, Psoriasis, Mental health, Jungian theory; Pele, Psoríase, Saúde mental, Teoria junguiana

Psoriasis is an inflammatory and chronic skin disease, of a benign, systemic, immune-mediated and non-contagious nature. It was intended to understand the symbolic expressions of psoriasis and its repercussions on the process of individuation of adult patients through qualitative descriptive-interpretative research. Open interview, thematic content analysis technique and theoretical framework of Analytical Psychology were used. Sample of sixteen participants with psoriasis in outpatient treatment. The categories outlined: psoriasis as a symbol: onset, crises and remission; treatment routine: from the skin frontier to the inner world; and, himself: a path of approaches and distances. The development of the adult with psoriasis was understood by the symbolic experiences that pointed to changes in integral health. However, it was recognized that the relations between psyche and body, although conflicting, provided learning and favored the individuation process.