PROTEÇÃO A INFÂNCIA E O (DES)ENVOLVIMENTO SAUDÁVEL

Abstract

This research, entitled "Childhood Protection and Healthy (Un)Development", proposes a critical analysis of the impacts of the lack of biopsychosocial protection on child development, especially in contexts of social vulnerability. The relevance of the topic is anchored in the growing medicalization of childhood and the neglect of fundamental rights, even in the face of the existence of legal instruments such as the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA). Starting from the guiding question — How can the work of the psychologist contribute to ensuring the comprehensive protection of childhood and preventing compromised psychological development in contexts of social vulnerability? — the study has the general objective of understanding the psychological consequences for children associated with contexts of helplessness and analyzing the role of the psychologist in promoting comprehensive child protection. This is a qualitative, exploratory research, based on a bibliographic review. The sources used include books, scientific articles and legal documents, selected from the SciELO, PePSIC and Google Scholar databases, focusing on publications on childhood, psychoanalysis, public policies and human development. The expected results involve expanding the understanding of the effects of biopsychosocial neglect in childhood and strengthening the clinical and ethical perspective of psychologists regarding children's needs, contributing to more sensitive, non-pathologizing practices that are committed to promoting the child's integral development.