Life Is with Others : Selected Writings on Child Psychiatry

by Donald J. Cohen; Edited by Andrés Martin and Robert A. King

• ISBN13: 9780300114669
• ISBN10: 0300114664
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-08-16
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

One of the most influential child psychiatrists of the twentieth century, Donald J. Cohen (1940-2001) made groundbreaking contributions to the study of autism and developmental disabilities, Tourette's syndrome, developmental psychopathology, child psychoanalysis, and children's adaptation to trauma. As director of the Yale Child Study Center from 1983 to 2001, he fostered international collaborations and innovative approaches to the study of children's mental health. This book contains a selection of some of his most enduring and influential writings. Showcasing Dr. Cohen's distinctive approach, these essaysone of which is published here for the first timeaddress a wide range of topics including autobiographical writings; childhood psychiatric disorders; the role of play fantasy, aggression, and violence in childhood; and research ethics and mentorship.

Author Biography

Andrés Martin, M.D., M.P.H., is associate professor of child psychiatry and psychiatry at the Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, and medical director of the Children’s Psychiatric Inpatient Service, Yale-New Haven Hospital. Robert A. King, M.D., is professor of child psychiatry and medical director of the Tourette’s/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinic at the Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Peter Fonagy,	xi
Preface,	xv
Acknowledgments,	xxv
Two Introductions
A Memoriam to a Scientist and Visionary in Service of the World
James F. Leckman	3	(5)
Life Interrupted...but More than Memory Remains
Martin Peretz	8	(7)
Part I A Life in Science Revisited
1 Into Life: Autism, Tourette's Syndrome, and the Community of Clinical Research (2001)
Donald J. Cohen	15	(13)
2 A Lifetime of Research on Autism (2001)
Donald J. Cohen	28	(21)
Part II Understanding Other Minds: Autism
3 Desire and Fantasy: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Theory of Mind and Autism (1993)
Linda C. Mayes, Donald J. Cohen, and Ami Klin	49	(16)
4 Experiencing Self and Others: Contributions from Studies of Autism to the Psychoanalytic Theory of Social Development (1993)
Linda C. Mayes and Donald J. Cohen	65	(18)
Part III The Thin, Translucent Veil: Tourette's Syndrome
5 The Self Under Siege (1999)
Donald J. Cohen and James F. Leckman	83	(24)
Part IV Hardworking Road Show: Play and Child Analysis
6 Enduring Sadness: Early Loss, Vulnerability, and the Shaping of Character (1990)
Donald J. Cohen	107	(21)
7 Playing and Therapeutic Action in Child Analysis (1993)
Linda C. Mayes and Donald J. Cohen	128	(14)
8 The Development of a Capacity for Imagination in Early Childhood (1992)
Linda C. Mayes and Donald J. Cohen	142	(17)
Part V No Safe Haven: Aggression. Violence, and Trauma
9 The Social Matrix of Aggression: Enactments and Representations of Loving and Hating in the First Years of Life (1993)
Linda C. Mayes and Donald J. Cohen	159	(20)
10 Child Development and Adaptation to Catastrophic Grcumstancez (1996)
Steven Maxims: Miriam Berkman, and Donald J. Cohen	179	(28)
Part VI Under Commodious Wings: Research and Mentorship
11 The Immorality of Not Knowing: The Ethical imperative to Conduct Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1994)
Ami Klin and Donald J. Cohen	207	(18)
12 Research in Child Psychiatry: Lines of Personal, Institutional, and Career Development (1986)
Donald J. Cohen	225
Postscript: Inner Life
Matthew Isaac Cohen	242	(7)
Notes,	249	(2)
Bibliography,	251	(17)
List of Contributors,	268	(1)
Index,	269