title: [Swan Song: The Advent of the Psychotic Nucleus].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Different forms of artistic expression, such as literature and cinema, constitute an inexhaustible source for the study of mental illness. The use of psychodynamic models may contribute to a better understanding of the spectrum between personality disorders and the psychosis spectrum, thus enriching the phenomenological approach in the psychiatric clinical practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine from psychodynamic standpoints the main character of the American film Black Swan, and the nature of her psychotic symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reviewing of sources and relevant theoretical currents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analysis shows the usefulness of a psychodynamically- oriented dimensional model for understanding the so-called psychotic breaks as well as the applicability of psychoanalytic psychosis theories in general psychiatric practice, as they may provide a more flexible clinical approach, closer to the patient's subjective experience.
authors.affiliation: Residente de Psiquiatría de tercer año, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: lucesdeeuforia@hotmail.co.
authors.forename: Fernando Muñoz
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zúñiga
keywords: Episodio psicótico; Psychotic break; borderline personality; cine; cinema; personalidad borderline