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Autism across the Ages: An Abbreviated History
This chapter summarizes key scientific developments in autism research in the areas of etiology, diagnosis, and treatment, presented within the... -
Autism in Baltimore, 1938–1943
This paper examines the genesis of Leo Kanner’s 1943 seminal paper on autism. It shows that describing children as autistic or lacking affective...
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Leo Kanner’s Mention of 1938 in His Report on Autism Refers to His First Patient
Leo Kanner begins his landmark 1943 case series on autistic children by stating the condition was first brought to his attention in 1938. Recent...
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Did Kanner Actually Describe the First Account of Autism? The Mystery of 1938
Kanner opens his pioneering 1943 paper on autism by making a mysterious mention of the year 1938. Recent letters to the editor of this journal have...
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by DSM-III-R [American Psychiatric Association (APA), 1987] as recurrent obsessions or... -
Play interview therapy: Its history, theory and practice — A fifty year retrospective account
The method of the play interview offers the fearful child an opportunity to express himself by speaking for a series of dolls representing siblings,...
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Father loss and father absence in preschool children
The role of the father in child development is discussed. Children's reactions to the death, separation, or divorce of their fathers are explored....
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Doll Play and Puppetry
Dolls have had a universal appeal for young children in all countries and for many centuries, from early antiquity to the present day. The earliest...