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| Title: |
Autism: debates and testimonies |
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1st May 2006 |
| ISBN: |
1853439088 |
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£18.95 | $34.50 |
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Both fascinating and disturbing, childhood autism has been the subject of impassioned debates that often end in impasse. Based on Hans Asperger’s work, more extensive than is often thought and the precursor of institutional care – and above all on testimonies given by former autists and on the analytic psychotherapy of a child – Denys Ribas reviews our understanding of this enigmatic disorder.
Examining all the theories under discussion today, developments in genetics and the conditions of access to symbolisation, the author, in a constant engagement with clinical practice, instigates a constructive debate between the traditionally conflicting viewpoints of psychoanalysis and the cognitive sciences.
Written in a clear style, with a glossary and explanations of the concepts, this book will be relevant not only to students, professionals and parents who are dealing with autistic children’s psychic difficulties and the challenge of treating these, but also everyone with an interest in the issues surrounding the emergence of thought and language.
Denys Ribas is a child psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society, and Director of the children’s outpatient clinic at Entraide Universitaire (Paris XII), the author of a previous book on childhood autism (1997) and a book on Winnicott (2003), both published by Presses Universitaires de France.
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