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Psychoses et cancers : puzzle épidémiologique ou brouillage de l’abord clinique des psychopathologies en oncologie ?

Psychosis and cancer: an “epidemiological puzzle” or puzzling psychopathology clinical approach in oncology?

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Cet article retrace l’évolution d’un axe de recherche spécifique, développé au cours du XXe siècle, qui se voue à élucider l’incidence « du » cancer dans la population « des malades mentaux », et plus particulièrement des sujets psychotiques. Il décrit les ramifications de cette recherche et la précision progressive de ses questions ainsi que des entités diagnostiques qu’elle mobilise pour les poser. Il s’efforce de mettre en lumière le fait que l’appréhension de la question comme un « puzzle épidémiologique » suppose et reflète l’adoption formelle du modèle médical pour penser les maladies mentales et entraîne l’effacement d’un abord clinique des psychopathologies dans la rencontre et l’accompagnement des patients souffrant de cancers.

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This article is related to the evolution of a specific research, developed during the 20th century. This research is dedicated to assess “the cancer” incidence in the population of “the lunatics”, and more precisely in the “psychotic population”. It describes the paradigm of this research and the progressive definition of its questions. Moreover, it specifies the chosen diagnostic entities that are used in this research development. The highlights that treating the questions as an “epidemiological puzzle” is assuming and reflecting the acquisition of a medical model to think about mental disease. Because of this, in the field of oncology, psychopathology clinical approach has become outdated.

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Glineur, C. Psychoses et cancers : puzzle épidémiologique ou brouillage de l’abord clinique des psychopathologies en oncologie ?. Psycho Oncologie 10, 256–259 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11839-016-0596-9

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