Autistic Devices in Small Children in Mourning

• Published in: International journal of psycho-analysis Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 907 - 920
• Main Authors: Gomberoff, Mario, de Gomberoff, Liliana, Pualuan
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London Institute of Psychoanalysis (British) 01.10.2000; Institute of Psycho-analysis; Routledge for the Institute of Psycho-Analysis
• Subjects: Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; Autistic Disorder - psychology; Autistic Disorder - therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Child development; Child Language; Child psychology; Child, Preschool; Clinical psychology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Grief; Humans; Language; Mental illness; Mourning; Neuroses; Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic cure; Psychoanalytic Therapy - methods; Psychology, Child; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Human; Preschool age; Nervous system diseases; Regression; Developmental disorder; Sibling; Psychological effect; Birth; Trauma; Language disorder; Case study; Pregnancy; Communication disorder; Autism; Symptomatology; Psychoanalytic cure; Treatment; Mother; Language development; Pathological bereavement; Neurological disorder; Mourning; Woman; Child

The authors set out to show what happens to two small girl-patients who, starting from similar events (mother's pregnancy and birth of a sibling), developed traumatic mourning that could not be managed in the way that is usual for normal or neurotic children. Autistic devices were generated in...