{"id":4097,"date":"2016-04-06T17:56:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T17:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/?post_type=article&p=4097"},"modified":"2016-04-12T20:05:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T20:05:55","slug":"aspergers-children-psychodynamics-aetiology-diagnosis-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/aspergers-children-psychodynamics-aetiology-diagnosis-and-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Asperger\u2019s Children: Psychodynamics, Aetiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robin Holloway<\/strong> (Canada)<\/p>\n

\"HollowayBkCover37526www\"<\/a>The DSM-5 (2013) lumps together all autism-related disorders, including Asperger\u2019s, under the heading, \u201cAutism Spectrum Disorder.\u201d This book argues that this lumping together is unhelpful for clinicians. Instead, finer diagnostic distinctions are helpful to clinicians who treat children with Asperger\u2019s. The book spells out in detail the psychodynamics the author has repeatedly discovered in all Asperger\u2019s children, adolescents, and adults. There are suggestions about central factors in the etiology of Asperger\u2019s Disorder, centered on the psychological outcome of an inborn sensory hypersensitivity. There is a section suggesting how Asperger\u2019s can be adequately diagnosed from \u201cthe outside\u201d (using external descriptive features) and more importantly from \u201cthe inside\u201d (based on internal psychodynamic processes). Finally, there is a section outlining psychodynamic treatment approaches to Asperger\u2019s children, based on their psychodynamics and on which type of Asperger\u2019s is present.<\/p>\n

There are numerous case illustrations to help the reader appreciate the central psychodynamics that are regularly observed in Asperger\u2019s children, namely splitting of the self into victim and bully aspects, and projective identification into remote objects. On the basis of their psychodynamics, and especially which aspect of the split self is predominant, three different types of Asperger\u2019s are outlined, each requiring different treatment approaches. The author goes on to describe an ongoing experiment treating Asperger\u2019s children that is being conducted in Toronto with several psychoanalytic therapists cooperating, the treatment approach being anchored in the underlying psychological functioning of these children. An understanding of the psychodynamics of these children is used to ground both diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n

Contents include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– The psychodynamics of Asperger\u2019s children
\n– Theorizing about the etiology of Asperger\u2019s
\n– The diagnosis of Asperger\u2019s children
\n– Treatment approaches to Asperger\u2019s children
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very important book. It addresses all of the big issues concerning the treatment, diagnosis, and etiology of these children\u2019s condition, and it does so with great and encyclopedic scholarship, profundity, and clinical wisdom. It is brilliant, but it is also a fascinating read.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Anne Alvarez, PhD, MACP, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist;
\nretired co-chair, Autism Service, Tavistock Clinic, London<\/p>\n

About the Author:
\nRobin Holloway, PhD, CPsych, <\/strong>provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy to children and adolescents. He is a graduate of CICAPP (The Canadian Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy) where he is a supervisor and teacher. He worked in a public hospital and participated in weekly diagnostic intake meetings for children with autism spectrum disorders. He is in private practice at The Willow Centre in Toronto, where he has continued to treat high-functioning autistic children and those with Asperger\u2019s disorder.<\/p>\n

Link<\/strong>: http:\/\/us.karnacbooks.com\/product\/aspergers-children-psychodynamics-aetiology-diagnosis-and-treatment\/37526\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"hollowayphoto0216www\"Robin Holloway, PhD, CPsych
\n<\/strong>The Willow Centre,45 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 202,
\nToronto, Ontario,
\nM2N 5W9 Canada
\nEmail Robin Holloway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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