Almanac of Emotions for children and adolescents in times of pandemic

ABSTRACT The pandemic context has brought health problems, that actualize, in the subjectivity of children and adolescents in a situation of illness, a suffering that is difficult to address, but that needs to be expressed and elaborated, in favor of the flow of treatment. The Almanac of Emotions emerged from the concern of two psychologists to offer their patients – in a pediatric ward of a Hematological Center in the State of Rio de Janeiro – means of access to the symbolic expression. The desired objective was to give space for expression to the affections that children and adolescents bring to the context of treatment. Through free symbolic manifestations, we believe it is possible to represent what is happening in the subjectivity of these subjects, in relation to the following themes: pandemic, life, world, humanity, their own feelings, the treatment they undergo in the hospital, and the current changes from the pandemic. In this way, through the ‘Almanaque das Emoções’ tool, we seek to collect subjective material of children and adolescents during the context of the pandemic in hospitalization, favoring the recognition and management of children’s emotions. The analysis of the material, through the psychoanalytic approach, has favored a greater proximity to the child’s subjectivity, enabling the reception.

摘要
疫情大流行背景下衍生出诸多健康问题，这使得罹患疾病的儿童与青少年群体的主体性中浮现出难以纾解的痛苦；此类痛苦亟需被表达与梳理，以助力治疗流程的顺畅开展。情感年鉴（Almanaque das Emoções）工具源自两位心理学家的关切，他们旨在为里约热内卢州某血液学中心儿科病房的患者提供可进行象征性表达的途径。本工具的核心目标，是为儿童与青少年在治疗过程中产生的各类情感提供表达空间。通过自由的象征性表达，我们认为可以呈现这些患儿在与以下主题相关的情境下的主体性状态：疫情大流行、生命、世界、人类、自身情感、住院治疗经历，以及疫情引发的当下社会变迁。借此，本研究借助情感年鉴工具，旨在收集疫情大流行期间住院的儿童与青少年的主体性质性资料，以助力儿童对自身情绪的识别与管理。本研究采用精神分析取向对所获资料进行分析，能够更贴近患儿的主体性世界，从而为共情接纳创造条件。