Autistic Barriers in Neurotic Patients

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 12
FOREWORD......Page 14
PREFACE......Page 24
INTRODUCTION......Page 36
PART ONE PSYCHOGENIC AUTISM......Page 40
CHAPTER ONE The nature of psychogenic autism: an overview......Page 42
CHAPTER TWO The growth of understanding: a personal statement......Page 56
CHAPTER THREE Thoughts on psychogenic autism with special reference to a paper by Melanie Klein......Page 71
CHAPTER FOUR A significant element in the development of psychogenic autism......Page 90
CHAPTER FIVE Situations which may precipitate psychogenic autism......Page 117
CHAPTER SIX Autistic objects......Page 125
CHAPTER SEVEN Autistic shapes exemplified in childhood psychopathology......Page 142
CHAPTER EIGHT Autistic shapes exemplified in adult psychopathology......Page 164
CHAPTER NINE Shapes associated with emergence from psychogenic autism......Page 180
CHAPTER TEN A glimpse into the world of an autistic child......Page 193
PART TWO Psychogenic autism in neurotic patients......Page 204
CHAPTER ELEVEN Falling......Page 206
CHAPTER TWELVE Spilling and dissolving......Page 220
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The development of 'I-ness'......Page 238
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Anorexia nervosa in an adolescent girl......Page 260
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The rhythm of safety......Page 291
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Psychotherapy with psychogenic autistic states......Page 309
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 332
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 334
INDEX......Page 340