Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Volume 35, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 149-158

The transcultural clinic: Caring of parenthood in exile [A clínica transcultural: Cuidando da parentalidade no exílio] (Article) (Open Access)

Borges T.W.* , Peirano C. , Moro M.R.
  • a Université Sorbonne, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre de Recherche en Épidémiologie et Santé des Populations, Unidade U1178 Métodos e Culturas, Maison des Adolescents -AP-HP, 97 Boulevard de Port-Royal, Paris, 75679, France
  • b Université Paris VIII, Unite de Formation et de Recherche de Psychologie, Saint-Denis, Paris, France
  • c Université Sorbonne, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre de Recherche en Épidémiologie et Santé des Populations, Unidade U1178 Métodos e Culturas, Maison des Adolescents -AP-HP, 97 Boulevard de Port-Royal, Paris, 75679, France

Abstract

Uprooted families can get lost in the ways of exile. Genetic, cultural and environmental factors can affect the psychic balance of these migrants, especially when faced with unexplained illness or suffering in their children. Migration and uprooting may involve loss of roots linked to traditions, leaving families deprived of their interpretive and explanatory baggage, which are necessary for the cultural readings of their child’s psychic and physical suffering, sometimes considered as special. We propose a reflection on these issues, based on a case study, resulting from the experience of the first author with an interdisciplinary clinic, as required by the transcultural framework, which becomes variable and complementary, respecting cultural diversity. We also observe the etiological discourses constructed on these psychic sufferings that invade the development of the child and the family balance. © 2018, PUC de Campinas. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Migration culture Parenthood Uprooting transcultural clinic

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048069341&doi=10.1590%2f1982-02752018000200004&partnerID=40&md5=200d0a543d2a3d792d9f6f0a57bb8e4e
DOI: 10.1590/1982-02752018000200004
ISSN: 0103166X
Original Language: Portuguese