Paranoia

The Aimée case is one of the most famous in the history of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, and this has occurred mainly for two reasons. The first is the fact that this case is the basis of Jacques Lacan’s thesis. The second, because it represented a big change in what was once known about “paranoid psychosis”. […]

Paranoia has been interpreted differently by psychiatry and psychoanalysis. The concept first appeared in psychiatry and, at first, was simply supposed to be a form of dementia. Over time, psychiatry has rejected this concept as a diagnostic entity; partly because paranoia has begun to be part of some mental disorders, especially schizophrenia. Thus, it ceased