« Il est tellement frontal ». Regards croisés sur les pensées qui s’agitent

Context

An agitated thought can be interpreted in different ways meanings different therapeutic answers. When we say “frontal” we open a lot of different speeches who our own mind (theorical speech, health politics speeches…). And all of this mechanism agitates us more than the patient's symptoms.

Objectives

But this restlessness of thought catches our attention precisely because it is sufficiently imprecise to (re)open up a clinic that is not limited to a discourse. In an environment where theoretical approaches sometimes clash violently, we propose here a plural reading of the same symptom, and questioning of a hegemonic approach.

Method

With neurological and psychoanalytical literature and clinical practice, we will attempt to describe the multiple manifestations of an agitated thought, repetitive or inhibited. We will do so in the fields of neurology, child clinic and psychopathology in general.

Results

From normal neuronal functioning to brain damage, from cognitive dysfunction to the logic of the signifier, from disorder to symptom, an agitated thought can be shut down, blocked, regulated, interpreted, slowed down… The diversity of manifestations makes it difficult to adopt a single approach, and we must looking for different therapeutics solutions.

Interpretations

Restless thinking does not allow us to establish a differential diagnosis, define a psychopathological structure, or even obtain funding. As clinicians, we must be cautious about hoping for monolithic treatments, when the symptom remains plural.