Stephanie Metcalfe – Inside Bungalow 3 – A Psychoanalitical Perspective
THE LETTER 58 Spring 2015, Pages 71-78
This paper aims to look at the pressing question of how we care for vulnerable members of our society. The shock and outrage that followed the airing of a Prime Time investigation programme, portraying residents with severe disabilities being routinely abused, has prompted questions in relation to what light psychoanalysis can shine on scandals such as the one exposed in Aras Attracta. When confronted with extreme vulnerability we are reminded of our own helplessness, what Freud termed Hilflosigkeit and are therefore faced with something of the Real. It seems essential to explore, from a psychoanalytic perspective, the effect of this kind of work on the subjectivity of carers and clinicians. The unconscious must be acknowledged in this area of work, in order to inform the therapeutic position of clinicians and to examine more closely the role that these so called ‘care homes’ and their inhabitants come to have in society.
Inside Bungalow 3 – A Psychoanalitical Perspective
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