COLLECTED PAPERS: THROUGH PAEDIATRICS TO PSYCHO-ANALYSIS

THIS BOOK collects together various contributions that I have addressed to scientific audiences. The student will not turn to these pages for instruction in basic psychoanalytic concepts and techniques. A knowledge of these I was able to take for granted since my audience was composed chiefly of analysts. I have been concerned with putting forward my own point of view and testing out my own ideas as they came to me in the course of my clinical work. My clinical experience has been varied. I have never cut loose from paediatric practice which was my starting point. It has been valuable to me to keep in touch with social pressure, which I have had to meet as physician at a children’s hospital. Also I have enjoyed the constant challenge of private practice and the therapeutic consultation. These interests have provided me with an opportunity for applying in a general way what I have at the same time been learning through the practice of psycho-analysis proper. My hope is that this book will show that paediatrics is one of the legitimate ways into psycho-analysis, and indeed a good one.