The objective of this article is to follow the path of freudian thought concerning psicosis. The concept of psicosis —particularly, paranoia— was developed by Freud within his conception of neuroses; consequently, in the domain of Repression [Verdrängung] to later find its conceptual specificity with Repudiation [Verwerfung] and Denial [Verleugnung]. These concepts are tributaries of the freudian speculations regarding narcisism and the so called ‘second topic’.
The article also discusses the difficulties in treating psicoses inherent to freudian clinical practice given the impossibility of establishing transferencial ties.