| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) |
| Series |
Tavistock Clinic series |
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Tavistock Clinic series.
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| Contents |
Asperger's syndrome and Autism : distinct syndromes with important similarities / David Simpson -- A psychological perspective on theories of Asperger's syndrome / Sally Hodges -- A child psychotherapist's commentary on Hans Asperger's 1944 paper, "'Autistic psychopathy' in childhood" / Trudy Klauber -- What does it feel like? : two first-person accounts by adults with Asperger's syndrome / Maria Rhode -- Finding the bridge : psychoanalytic work with Asperger's syndrome adults / Caroline Polmear -- Issues in assessment : Asperger's syndrome and personality / Anne Alvarez -- A matter of life and death : bodily integrity and psychic survival / Graham Shulman -- Sleeping beauty : the development of psychic strength, love, and imagination in a 4-year-old girl / Samantha Morgan -- Out of the nightmare : the treatment of a 5-year-old girl with Asperger's syndrome / Tanja Nesic-Vuckovic -- Hiding and learning to seek : becoming a somebody / Lynne Cudmore -- The lure of a mad world : supporting a 10-year-old boy's capacity for ordinary contact / Michèle Stern -- "I need my scripts" : a boy with Asperger's syndrome entering adolescence / Jane Cassidy -- On becoming of consequence / Brian Truckle -- Psychotherapy and community care / Margaret Rustin |
| Summary |
A volume in the renowned Tavistock Clinic Series, this pioneering multidisciplinary collection of papers addresses the issue of variation within the diagnostic category of Asperger's Syndrome. It will be of interest to mental health professionals, teachers, parents, and all those working with Asperger's Syndrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Asperger's syndrome.
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Autism.
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Children.
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Asperger Syndrome -- diagnosis
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Child
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Asperger Syndrome -- therapy
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Asperger Syndrome
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Autistic Disorder
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children (people by age group)
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childhood.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
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Children
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Asperger's syndrome
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Autism
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rhode, Maria (Psychotherapist)
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Klauber, Trudy
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| ISBN |
9781849404495 |
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1849404496 |
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9781855759305 |
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1855759306 |
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