title: The inability to name a child.
abstract: A patient, whose presenting complaint is the inability to decide on a name for her child, is presented. A review of the literature on the significance of names is included, and comments are made on panelists from psychoanalytic and phenomenological perspectives. Management of the patient's depression is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Liaison Psychiatry Service, St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Ontario.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aufreiter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merskey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mount
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Rae-Grant
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy