Abstract
Abstract THERE IS a great deal more optimism in our day for the treatment of the schizophrenic child than even ten years ago. Ekstein,1 in his survey of the literature of the past few decades dealing with childhood schizophrenia and allied conditions, has pointed to the specific effort of workers in this field at an understanding of the intrinsic structure of this childhood personality disorganization and the relationship of this structure to its symptomatology, as steps in the right direction toward reaching a rationale for the treatment of this complex condition. Readers are referred to this comprehensive survey for a critical and perspicacious overview of the problems of etiology and diagnosis which have been posed to clinicians by the disordered forms of behavior which have been classified under childhood schizophrenia (see also Des Lauriers2). By structure of the schizophrenic References 1. Ekstein, R.; Bryant, K.; and Friedman, S.W.: Childhood Schizophrenia: A Review of the Literature, 1946-1956, mimeograph. 2. Des Lauriers, A.M.: The Experience of Reality in Childhood Schizophrenia , New York: International Universities Press, 1962. 3. Freud, S.: Civilization and Its Discontents , London: Hogarth Press, 1930. 4. Loewald, H.W.: Ego and Reality , Int J Psychoanal 32:31-37, 1951. 5. Fenichel, D.: " Early Stages of Ego Development ," in Collected Papers , New York: Norton Press, 1954, vol 2. 6. Federn, P.: " Narcissism in the Structure of the Ego ," in Ego Psychology and the Psychoses , New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1952. 7. Hartmann, H.: " Notes on the Reality Principle ," in Psychoanalytic Study of the Child , New York: International Universities Press, 1956, vol 2. 8. Hoffer, W.: " Development of the Body Ego ," in Psychoanalytic Study of the Child , New York: International Universities Press, 1950, vol 2. 9. Brody, S.: Patterns of Mothering , New York: International Universities Press, 1956. 10. Anthony, J.: An Experimental Approach to the Psychopathology of Childhood Autism , Brit J Med Psychol 31:211-225, 1958.Crossref 11. Parker, B.: My Language Is Me , New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. 12. Sechehaye, M.: Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl , New York: Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1951.
Journal
Archives of General Psychiatry
– American Medical Association
Published: Feb 1, 1967