ABSTRACT
55In one family, Caribbean in origin, that I treated there was a tough stall holder at a street market father in his late fifties, a mother a few years his junior, three sons, and a daughter. The mother could just about read and write, but was not of subnormal intelligence. The eldest son, in his mid-thirties, was a successful solicitor, entirely interested in young women. The second son, two years younger, was a carpenter, skilled at his work, but with a tendency to become depressed and inactive. The third son was a slick, clever businessman, a wheeler-dealer. Both younger sons lived with women many years older than themselves, clearly representing mother. The youngest sibling was a girl, attractive and wayward, who had caused her parents much anxiety by her unamenable, undisciplined behavior over which they had little influence. The family had been affluent, but times had changed and their standard of living had fallen dramatically.
