[Reporting on psychoanalytic clinic].

Abstract

As mediation between absolute reserve (which is inherent in the psychoanalytic session) and communication of this experience to third parties (as supervisors, colleagues, public), psychoanalytic clinical accounts require and acquire a narrative procedure with its own specificity. So much so, that it can be said that this token consecrates a particular testimony as valid for scientific discussion. The present work makes reference to the moment in history since when Psychoanalysis departs from traditional psychiatry and progressively conquers an autonomy that dwells upon such procedure. The transmission in words, be it oral o written, of what went on during the sessions shares many common grounds with Literature. Regarding these, some points are raised as to the style that may be more germane to this purpose, and queries come up whether or not clinical accounts can ever enter the realm of letters as a literary subclass on its own.