On psychoanalytic approaches to autism.
An analysis of the strengths and limitations of psychoanalytic approaches to autism serves to highlight the need for a theoretical scheme adequate to encompass social as well as cognitive development in autistic individuals. It is proposed that such a scheme will entail an account of normal development in which children's "object relations" feature prominently.
Hobson
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Applied Science Section, Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London.
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory