The Many Faces of Asperger's Syndrome
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This pioneering book is a multidisciplinary collection of papers from psychiatrists, psychologists and child psychotherapists that aims to address the issue of variation within the diagnostic category of Asperger s Syndrome. Until now, books on the subject have been written from an organicist/cognitive viewpoint with few papers from a psychoanalytically informed basis, despite an increasing number of child psychotherapists treating children and adolescents with the syndrome. Children diagnosed with Asperger s Syndrome share core anxieties but present a wide spectrum of strikingly different character traits and coping devices. There exists considerable overlap with other conditions such as Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, Borderline Personality, Schizoid Personality Disorder and psychopathy.The collection boasts a new translation of Asperger s original paper and a historical review of the changing psychiatric perspectives on Asperger s Syndrome, including recollections from Lionel Hersov, a personal acquaintance of Asperger. A child psychotherapist provides a commentary on Asperger s paper from the perspective of recent developments in the psychoanalytic treatment of children with autistic spectrum disorders. Cognitive approaches are reviewed and compared and contrasted to psychoanalytic theory. Two first-person accounts are included and studied as to how they link with and differ to psychoanalytic theory and the case study of a 10-year-old boy is discussed in relation to various diagnostic criteria. This ground-breaking book will be of interest to mental health professionals, teachers and all those concerned with Asperger s Syndrome. Contributors include Anne Alvarez, Lionel Hersov, Sally Hodges, Trudy Klauber, Maria Rhode, Judy Shuttleworth, David Simpson
Pt. IThis is Asperger's syndrome211Asperger's syndrome and autism : distinct syndromes with important similarities252A psychological perspective on theories of Asperger's syndrome393A child psychotherapist's commentary on Hans Asperger's 1944 paper, "'autistic psychopathy' in childhood"544What does it feel like? : two first-person accounts by adults with Asperger's syndrome705Finding the bridge : psychoanalytic work with Asperger's syndrome adults86Pt. IIIs this Asperger's syndrome? : issues of assessment1096Issues in assessment : Asperger's syndrome and personality1137A matter of life and death : bodily integrity and psychic survival129Pt. IIIClinical case histories1458Sleeping beauty : the development of psychic strength, love, and imagination in a 4-year-old girl1539Out of the nightmare : the treatment of a 5-year-old girl with Asperger's syndrome16810Hiding and learning to seek : becoming a somebody18311The lure of a mad world : supporting a 10-year-old boy's capacity for ordinary contact19912"I need my scripts" : a boy with Asperger's syndrome entering adolescence21613On becoming of consequence23414Psychotherapy and community care249Endpiece261
