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

• Autore: Holloway Robin <1945->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Karnac, , [2016]; ©2016
• Edizione: 1st
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92858832
• Soggetto topico: Asperger's syndrome in children - Etiology; Asperger's syndrome in children - Diagnosis; Asperger's syndrome in children - Treatment
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This book spells out in detail the psychodynamics the author has repeatedly uncovered in Asperger's children, adolescents, and adults, and explores the central factors in the aetiology of Asperger's Disorder. There is a section suggesting how Asperger's can be adequately diagnosed from "the outside".
• Titolo autorizzato: Asperger's children
• ISBN: 0-429-89676-X; 0-429-47199-8; 1-78241-435-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821308603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II