1st Edition

Six Children The Spectrum of Child Psychopathology and its Treatment

By Ann G. Smolen Copyright 2016
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Theoretically anchored and historically informed, Six Children is a book about the nuances of child psychoanalysis as these unfold in the encounter with different forms of early life anguish. Addressing autistic, homeless, and despondent children on the one hand, and greedy, betrayed, and angry children on the other, the book attempts to integrate developmental deficits, intrapsychic conflicts,... Read more
Introduction -- Child analysis—a brief historical review of its development -- Severe Psychopathology -- The autistic child -- The homeless child -- The hopeless child -- Milder Psychopathology -- The betrayed child -- The greedy child -- The angry child -- Epilogue -- Child analysis—future directions

Biography

G. Smolen, Ann