Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children. Clinical and Community Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Child Mental Health

Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children presents case material and resources for professionals working with young children in the clinic and in the community.

Presented in two main parts, the book explores Nahir Bonifacino’s work with children and their parents. The first part presents clinical case material from her work with several young children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, illustrating an adaptation of child psychoanalytic technique that encourages patient communication. Part 2 considers outreach in the community, with resources for parents and professionals in frontline care roles that focus on a preventative approach to child mental health. The book closes with an appendix which translates psychoanalytic resources for use in early childhood education and care institutions.

Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children will be of great interest to child psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, clinical and educational psychologists, child psychiatrists, social workers, teachers and carers.

CONTENTS 

Part 1 Psychoanalytic Clinic: Approach to Young Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder  1. From Psychic Precariousness to Subjectivation. The Analytical Process of a Young Girl (1,2)  2. Psychoanalysis of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. An Adaptation of Technique in the Approach to Three Cases (1)  3. Clinical Intervention with a 15-Month-Old Toddler at Risk of Autism and Her Mother  4. Technology and the Early Psyche. The Impact of Video Technology on Two Young Children with Severe Disorders (1)  5. From Repetition to Novelty. The Analyst’s Play as a Creative Resource in Encounters with a Child Who Has a Serious Disorder  6. The Analyst and the Parents of the Young Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder  7. The End of the Psychoanalytical Process of a Child Presenting with a Serious Disorder in Early Childhood  Part 2 Psychoanalysis and Community: Contributions to an Interdisciplinary Approach to Risk Detection and Promotion of Early Emotional Development  8. The Paediatric Well-Baby Visit: An Opportunity for Infant Mental Health Care 9 Infant Withdrawal: A Key Sign of Risk in Early Emotional Development  10. Training of the Health Team for a Preventive Approach to Children’s Mental Health  11. Detection of Withdrawal and Promotion of Early Emotional Development During the Paediatric Visit in a Public Health Centre of High Psychosocial Risk in Uruguay