title: The autistic character.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the autistic character as a diagnostic entity and then delineate the formative early object relations, the symptoms and how they develop out of the early object relations, and the related defensive behavior. The paper will end with recommendations for treatment.
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003071:Cognition; D003405:Creativity; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D010465:Perception; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D012677:Sensation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology