VITALI, Lígia M. (2000) – Investigando a representação social da obesidade através do método da psicanálise [Investigating the Social Representation of Obesity through Psychoanalysis Method]. Curso de Especialização em Psicologia Hospitalar [Course of Specialization in Hospital Psychology]. São Paulo (SP). Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (Monograph).
This paper is intended to research the Social Representation of obesity within clinical psychoanalytic paradigms (subjective expression, interpretation and transformation) by applying two procedures that are guided by the psychoanalysis method: the psychoanalytical session and the Thematic Drawing-and-Story Procedure. Results show the effectiveness of the Thematic Drawing-and-Story Procedure in providing psychologists with a tool to intervene and enable psychical changes.