Main description:

"Tustin deals very sensitively and sensibly with the knotty problem of parents' contribution to autistic development, providing a balanced interactive view which does not allocate blame. Her discussion of autistic objects and autistic shapes is illuminating and has widespread clinical applicability. This book is highly recommended reading" - Mary Boston, British Journal of Medical Psychology.

Contents:

Foreword , , Preface , Introduction , Psychogenic Autism , The nature of psychogenic autism: an overview , The growth of understanding : a personal statement , Thoughts on psychogenic autism with special reference to a paper by Melanie Klein , A significant element in the development of psychogenic autism , Situations which may precipitate psychogenic autism , Autistic objects , Autistic shapes exemplified in childhood psychopathology , Autistic shapes exemplified in adult psychopathology , Shapes associated with emergence from psychogenic autism , A glimpse into the world of an autistic child , Psychogenic autism in neurotic patients , Falling , Spilling and dissolving , The development of 'I-ness' , Anorexia nervosa in an adolescent girl , The rhythm of safety , Psychotherapy with psychogenic autistic states , Concluding Remarks