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Thinking about Children

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ISBN-10: 0201407000

ISBN-13: 9780201407006

Edition: 1996

Authors: D. W. Winnicott

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A lifetime of thinking about the nature of the child and the origins of human nature is distilled in this single rich volume. D. W. Winnicott is increasingly recognized as one of the giants of psychoanalysis whose influence, not only in the behavioral sciences but also in literary and cultural studies, continues to grow. He is represented here in the full scope of his insights, observations, and clinical experience.Of the work included, which covers over forty years of his writing, only three essays have previously been published in book form. Ranging from his extraordinarily observant case histories to landmark theoretical advances, Thinking About Children covers issues of enduring…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 6/25/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Observation, Intuition, and Empathy
Towards an Objective Study of Human Nature [1945]
Yes, but How Do We Know It's True?"""" [1950]""""
Early Infant Development
Primary Introduction to External Reality: The Early Stages [1948]
Environmental Needs; the Early Stages; Total Dependence and Essential Independence [1948]
The Family
The Bearing of Emotional Development on Feeding Problems [1967]
Sleep Refusal in Children [1968]
The Effect of Loss on the Young [1968]
Out of the Mouths of Adolescents [1966]
The Delinquent and Habitual Offender [early 1940s]
A Clinical Approach to Family Problems: The Family [1959]
Starting School
Mental Hygiene of the Pre-School Child [1936]
The Teacher, the Parent, and the Doctor [1936]
Case Studies and Observations
A Clinical Example of Symptomatology Following the Birth of a Sibling [ca. 1931]
Notes on a Little Boy [1938]
The Niffle [undated]
Adoption
Two Adopted Children [1953]
Pitfalls in Adoption [1954]
Adopted Children in Adolescence [1955]
Psychosomatic Problems
Contribution to a Discussion on Enuresis [1936]
Papular Urticaria and the Dynamics of Skin Sensation [1934]
Short Communication on Enuresis [1930]
Child Psychiatry: The Body as Affected by Psychological Factors [ca. 1931]
on Cardiac Neurosis in Children [1966]
Autism and Schizophrenia
Three Reviews of Books on Autism [1938, 1963, 1966]
Autism [1966]
The Aetiology of Infantile Schizophrenia in Terms of Adaptive Failure [1967]
Professional Care of the Growing Child
Training for Child Psychiatry: The Paediatric Department of Psychology [1961]
Summary
Notes on the Time Factor in Treatment [1961]
The Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry Observed as a Group Phenomenon [1967]
A Link Between Paediatrics and Child Psychology: Clinical Observations [1968]
Child Psychiatry, Social Work, and Alternative Care [1970]
Glossary of Medical Terms
Original Source of Each Chapter
Bibliography
Index