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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460946703321

Autore

Holloway Robin <1945->

Titolo

Asperger's children : psychodynamics, aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment / / Robin Holloway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Karnac, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-429-89676-X

0-429-47199-8

1-78241-435-5

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

618.92858832

Soggetti

Asperger's syndrome in children - Etiology

Asperger's syndrome in children - Diagnosis

Asperger's syndrome in children - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; PART I THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF ASPERGER'S CHILDREN; CHAPTER TWO Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Peter and Joe, age nine; CHAPTER THREE Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Matt, age twelve; CHAPTER FOUR Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Thomas, age twelve; CHAPTER FIVE Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Thanos, age fourteen; CHAPTER SIX Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Dan, age seventeen

CHAPTER SEVEN Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Alan, age nineteenCHAPTER EIGHT Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients-Anthony, age thirty-one; CHAPTER NINE The psychodynamics of Asperger's children; CHAPTER TEN The anxieties and defences of Asperger's children; CHAPTER ELEVEN Defences in Asperger's children continued-should we call it splitting or dissociation?; PART II THEORISING ABOUT THE AETIOLOGY OF ASPERGER'S; CHAPTER TWELVE Towards an understanding of the aetiology of Asperger's disorder;



CHAPTER THIRTEEN The sensory vulnerability of Asperger's children

PART III THE DIAGNOSIS OF ASPERGER'S CHILDRENCHAPTER FOURTEEN The differential diagnosis of Asperger's children; PART IV TREATMENT APPROACHES TO ASPERGER'S CHILDREN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Thoughts about the treatment of Asperger's children; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Treatment of Asperger's children-the Toronto experiment; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Packing up, moving out, and bidding farewell; REFERENCES; INDEX