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Perpetual children : the politics of autism in France since 1950 /

This text tells the story of how attitudes toward and treatment of autism in France diverged from those of other countries based on the persistence of psychoanalysis in French psychology, which led to conflict between psychology professionals and parents' groups over the proper treatment of aut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Briggs, Jonathyne, 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:New histories of psychology.
Subjects:
Autism > Research > France > History.
Autism > Government policy > France > History.
Autism in children > France.
Autisme infantile > France.
Autisme > Recherche > France > Histoire.
Autisme > Politique gouvernementale > France > Histoire.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Clinical Psychology.
History.
Clinical & internal medicine.
Health and Wellbeing.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This text tells the story of how attitudes toward and treatment of autism in France diverged from those of other countries based on the persistence of psychoanalysis in French psychology, which led to conflict between psychology professionals and parents' groups over the proper treatment of autists. The activism of parents' groups and the scholarship of psychoanalysts initiated political and legal changes.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197683002
0197683002