TY - BOOK ID - 135405880 TI - Psychotic states in children PY - 2002 SN - 0429918348 0429904118 0429479344 1283068397 9786613068392 1849402353 PB - London ; New York : Karnac, DB - UniCat KW - Psychoses in children. KW - Psychoses in adolescence. KW - Developmental disabilities. KW - Child psychotherapy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135405880 AB - Developments in the understanding and psychotherapeutic treatment of children and adolescents suffering from psychotic levels of disturbance are dealt with in this work, from the Tavistock Clinic Series. The book is chiefly concerned with children troubled in their behaviour, relationships, and communication. There is something extremely unsettling about the disturbed behaviour of sexually abused and severely troubled children. In spite of a sometimes exasperating measure of perversion and destructive wilfulness, these children manage to communicate a clear plea for help - a plea which deeply affects those in their immediate surroundings who find themselves struggling to make sense of these contradictory messages. This book describes significant new developments in the understanding and treatment of children and adolescents suffering from psychotic levels of disturbance. Each chapter contains a clinical description of a child emerging from a psychotic state, creating a useful collection of case histories. ER -