The Many Faces of Asperger's Syndrome (Tavistock Clinic Series)

About this book

This is the first book on the psychoanalytic treatment of children young people and adults with Aspergers 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 Aspergers 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 Aspergers syndrome.