ABSTRACT

This book, focusing on the work of Jacques Lacan, examines psychosis in children, without ignoring the study of neurosis in childhood and concentrates on autism as produced by psychic disorders, by the symbolic failure that brings about the inclusion of the subject into the psychotic structure.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|16 pages

Lacan and childhood psychosis

chapter Chapter Two|28 pages

The structure of the subject

chapter Chapter Three|24 pages

Lacan’s remarks on childhood psychosis

chapter Chapter Four|26 pages

Varieties of treatment

chapter Chapter Five|26 pages

A Lacanian view of treatment

chapter Chapter Six|4 pages

Final reflections