In this chapter, interest centers predominantly on the various modes of psychotherapy that are based on concepts of how the child’s mind develops from infancy into adulthood. Before describing and illustrating current approaches to child therapy, however, some historical perspectives will be outlined in order that present trends can be understood in this wider context. (83 pp.)
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Psychopathological Development in Infancy
Many well-defined physical illnesses in infancy reflect disturbances in the caretaking environment; these illnesses respond favorably to improved relations between the infant and his caretakers and to the establishment of a more stable, predictable pattern of care-taking within a socially stable and reliable caretaking relationship. In fact, a number of illnesses previously thought to have specific physical etiology are now known to be associated primarily with disturbances in the biopsychosocial matrix surrounding normal development. (37 pp.)
