title: Reality approximated, external and internal.
abstract: Some of Heinz Hartmann's theoretical formulations concerning the adaptive functions of the ego are described as they apply to the case of a patient analyzed between the ages of five and eight. This boy, vulnerable because of prematurity, was born at twenty-six weeks weighing 2.7 pounds and remained in the hospital newborn unit for sixty-six days. Difficulties and vulnerabilities resulting from this experience are discussed as they appeared in the analysis.
authors: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Colonna
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy