ABSTRACT
This is the first book on the psychoanalytic treatment of children, young people and adults with Asperger’s syndrome. It includes multidisciplinary contributions on psychiatric perspectives and psychological theories of the condition. There is an overview of relevant psychoanalytic theory, and chapters on Asperger’s original paper, on firstperson accounts, on assessment and on care in the community. Clinical case histories of children, young people and the first published account of work with adults provide the possibility of using psychoanalytic work as a means of diagnostically differentiating between sub-groups, as well as providing a detailed insight into the emotional experience of people with Asperger’s syndrome.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|87 pages
This is Asperger’s Syndrome
chapter Four|16 pages
What does it feel like? Two first-person accounts by adults with Asperger’s syndrome
part II|36 pages
Is this Asperger’s Syndrome? Issues of Assessment
part III|130 pages
Clinical Case Histories