ABSTRACT

Frances Tustin's classic text Autistic States in Children (1981) put forward convincing clinical evidence that some forms of childhood autism are psychogenic and respond to methods of treatment very different from the behavioural techniques often adopted without success. Her pioneering work with such children has gained ground since the book was first published and she herself has revised her understanding of the aetiology of psychogenic autism. This revised edition of the book incorporates her new thinking based on recent infant observational studies and her own clinical experience.

part |2 pages

Part I Childhood psychosis

part |2 pages

Part II Psychodynamics and treatment of autistic states

chapter 10|16 pages

Autistic objects

chapter 11|8 pages

Confusional objects

chapter 12|10 pages

The asymbolic nature of auto-sensuous states

chapter 13|11 pages

Awareness in autistic states

chapter 15|9 pages

Transference phenomena in autistic states

part |2 pages

Part III Clinical studies

chapter 16|19 pages

Sam

chapter 17|12 pages

Thinkings’