Autism and Childhood Psychosis / by Frances Tustin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tustin, Frances, author.

Contributor:

Hamilton, Victoria.

Series:

Maresfield library.

Maresfield library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism.

Psychoses in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 1995.

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is Frances Tustin's first book and the original statement of her views on autistic states of mind and the genesis of varieties of childhood psychosis. In it, she tackles problems of diagnosis as these relate to therapeutic intervention. Autism and Childhood Psychosis was first published in 1972 by Hogarth, London, and a year later by Jason Aronson, New York. Subsequently, it was translated and published in France, Italy, Brazil and Argentina, where it is now in its third edition. In France, it is a livre de poche. Twenty years ago, the book was greeted by a group of Italian therapists working at a unit for psychotic children at the Institute of Childhood Neuropsychiatry, Rome University, as "a ship coming into harbor bearing precious cargo". Here was a theoretical model that provided an anchor for therapists bewildered by the array of bizarre behaviors that seemed to defy scientific explanation and human intervention.

Contents:

COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND CHARTS; FOREWORD; Chapter One AUTISM; Chapter Two PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION; Chapter Three AUTISTIC PROCESSES IN ACTION; Chapter Four 'GRIT' AND 'SECOND SKIN' PHENOMENA; Chapter Five AUTISTIC PROCESSES: FURTHER DISCUSSION; Chapter Six AUTISTIC OBJECTS; Chapter Seven SYSTEMS OF PATHOLOGICAL AUTISM; Chapter Eight CLASSIFICATION AS A BASIS FOR TREATMENT; Chapter Nine EARLY INFANTILE AUTISM AND CHILDHOOD SCHIZOPHRENIA AS SPECIFIC SYNDROMES; Chapter Ten A CLINICAL DESCRIPTION OF CHILDHOOD SCHIZOPHRENIA

Chapter Eleven A SETTING FOR PSYCHOTHERAPYChapter Twelve PHASES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH PSYCHOTIC CHILDREN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91112-2

0-429-47212-9

1-282-90040-4

9786612900402

1-84940-198-5

9780429472121

OCLC:

726747559