Psychosis and autism: diagnostic problems

Authors

  • M. Cristina Kupfer Pré-Escola Terapêutica Lugar de Vida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v4i7p96-107

Keywords:

Psychosis, autism, diagnosis

Abstract

In this article, it is discussed how a differential diagnosis of psychosis and autism should overcome the organogenic/ psychogenic dicotomy as well as introduce the incidence of the contemporary speech about autism and take into consideration the growth of autism into psychosis. This diagnosis will have clinical consequences as regards treatment, especially when it comes to parents' listening. It is believed that, for them, it will make a difference if a psychoanalyst opposes resistence to the objetification of the child and to the "deresponsibilization " of the motherly Other.

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Published

1999-12-01

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Dossier

How to Cite

Cristina Kupfer, M. (1999). Psychosis and autism: diagnostic problems. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 4(7), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v4i7p96-107