Research in Child Psychoanalysis

Twenty-Five-Year Follow-Up of a Severely Disturbed Child

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8335117
AutoresPhyllis Tyson (Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen57
Número4
Páginas919-945
Fecha de publicación2009-08-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0003065109342881
PMID19724072
OpenAlexW2138709228
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas27

In an era of managed care, psychoanalytic treatment of children is under fire as critics question whether the evidence of success in child analysis is sufficiently robust to warrant the large commitment of time and money required for this treatment. This article chronicles the history and current state of research at the Anna Freud Centre, and describes the evolution of a database that has methodically recorded and systematically organized data from over 750 cases of children referred to the Centre over a forty-five-year period. Analysis of this database has determined what kinds of childhood disorders are best treated with intensive psychoanalysis, and what kinds do not respond to this form of treatment. A long-term follow-up of a small sample of these childreen suggests the kinds of long-term benefits that can be gained when an individual is treated with intensive psychoanalysis as a child. As an example, clinical material from the analysis of an eight-year-old is presented along with follow-up interview data twenty-five years later

Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Sample (material) · Term (time) · Warrant · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Therapy and Development · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications