1st Edition

Autism and Childhood Psychosis

By Frances Tustin Copyright 1995
224 Pages
by Routledge

223 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Foreword , Autism , Psychotic Depression , Autistic Processes in Action , ‘Grit’ and ‘Second Skin’ Phenomena , Autistic Processes: Further Discussion , Autistic Objects , Systems of Pathological Autism , Classification as a Basis for Treatment , Early Infantile Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia as Specific Syndromes , A Clinical Description of Childhood Schizophrenia , A Setting for Psychotherapy , Phases in Psychotherapy with Psychotic Children , Conclusion

Biography

Frances Tustin