title: [To be (a girl) or not to be! Or the sex of the angels? Problems in individuation (and identification) in a 3-year-old child. Case report, theoretical comments, treatment].
abstract: During a lengthy hospitalization in a pedopsychiatric department, with an intermediate several-week period at home, a child seen at the age of three with severe disorders of relationships and identity was able to progress significantly and to improve organization of personality. The authors report this case and show that this child's problems are largely due to the distortion of family relationships and personal identification problems of the two young parents who were unable to assume freely their own parental role for this child.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005783:Gender Identity; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011606:Psychosexual Development
vernacular_title: Etre (fille) ou ne pas être! ou du sexe des anges? Difficultés d'individuation (et d'identification) d'un enfant de trois ans observation, remarques théoriques, traitement.