Transmisión de una formación en psicoanálisis con niños

causas y efectos de los seminarios de Maud y Octave Mannoni

Abstract

This article celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Uruguayan Psychoanalytic Association, focusing on the transmission and training in child psychoanalysis following the working visit of the French analysts Maud and Octave Mannoni in April 1972, and in particular on the lasting impact of the seminars they delivered within the Association to some twenty members. Among the outcomes, the article delves into: a) The political and social aspects, b) The conception of childhood and adolescence, with an emphasis on the subjective constitution and structuring of psychosis and on educational and care institutions, and finally c) The transmission of psychoanalysis and the training of psychoanalysts in general, and child analysts in particular. Key aspects of the establishment of the APU Historical Documentary Archive in 2020 are outlined, within the framework of which the aforementioned seminars are being edited and published.