Download or read book Autistic States in Children written by Frances Tustin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Tustin's classic text Autistic States in Children (1981) put forward convincing clinical evidence that some forms of childhood autism are psychogenic and respond to methods of treatment very different from the behavioural techniques often adopted without success. Her pioneering work with such children has gained ground since the book was first published and she herself has revised her understanding of the aetiology of psychogenic autism. This revised edition of the book incorporates her new thinking based on recent infant observational studies and her own clinical experience.