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Author Spitz, René A. (René Arpad), 1887-1974.

Title The first year of life : a psychoanalytic study of normal and deviant development of object relations / René A. Spitz, in collaboration with W. Godfrey Cobliner
Published New York : International Universities Press, [1965]

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Description xix, 394 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Part 1. Definitions and methodology. I. Theoretical introduction. II. The method
Part 2. The constitution of the libidinal object. III. The objections stage. IV. The cradle of perception. V. The precursor of the object. VI. The plasticity of the infantile psyche. VII. The role of mother-child relations in the infant's development. VIII. The establishment of the libidinal object. IX. The role and evolution of the instinctual drives. X. Further development after the establishment of the second organizer. XI. The origins and beginnings of human communication: the third organizer of the psyche
Part 3. Pathology of object relations. XII. Deviant and disturbed object relations. XIII. Psychotoxiv disturbances. XVI. Emotional deficiency diseases of the infant. XV. The effects of object loss: psychological considerations. Conclusion. Appendix: The Geneva School of Genetic Psychology and Psychoanalysis: Parallels and Counterparts. Bibliography. Name index. Subject Index
Preface by Anna Freud. Foreward. Acknowledgements
Notes Based on the author's Genèse des premières relations objectales, published in the Revue française de psychanalyse in 1954
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 357-375
Subject Child psychology.
Infant psychology.
Infants.
Mother and child.
Parent and child.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychology, Child.
Infant.
Parent-Child Relations.
Author Spitz, René A. (René Arpad), 1887-1974.
LC no. 65018382