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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781287403321

Autore

Dubinsky Alex

Titolo

Psychotic states in children / / by Alex Dubinsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©1997

ISBN

0-429-91834-8

0-429-90411-8

0-429-47934-4

1-283-06839-7

9786613068392

1-84940-235-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Tavistock Clinic series

Disciplina

618.92/89

618.9289

Soggetti

Psychoses in children

Psychoses in adolescence

Developmental disabilities

Child psychotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Theoretical Overview The Apprehension of Emotional Experience; The Technique of Child Psychotherapy Between Sanity and Madness: an example of a child psychotherapy session; Part I Psychosis and Sexual Abuse; Part II Psychosis and Developmental Delay; Part III The Complexity of Psychotic States; Postscript; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Developments in the understanding and psychotherapeutic treatment of children and adolescents suffering from psychotic levels of disturbance are dealt with in this work, from the Tavistock Clinic Series. The book is chiefly concerned with children troubled in their behaviour, relationships, and communication. There is something extremely unsettling about the disturbed behaviour of sexually abused and severely troubled children. In spite of a sometimes exasperating



measure of perversion and destructive wilfulness, these children manage to communicate a clear plea for help - a plea which deeply affects those in their immediate surroundings who find themselves struggling to make sense of these contradictory messages. This book describes significant new developments in the understanding and treatment of children and adolescents suffering from psychotic levels of disturbance. Each chapter contains a clinical description of a child emerging from a psychotic state, creating a useful collection of case histories.