ABSTRACT
Pathology finds its sources in the encounter between an inadequate environment and an infant’s particular sensitivity. In traumatic situations, psychopathological development is more the result of the defensive system than of the traumatic event itself. The contexts of parental depression, bereavement, a hateful or perverse atmosphere, parental psychosis, and affective deficiency will each have singular consequences for the birth of the infant’s psychic life and psychic development. The family universe, the family psyche, the family and genealogical history determine the filial inscription of the infant and impact the function of psychic transmission of the environment. Taking the family into account is essential in the work of psychic care, regardless of the psychopathological context.
