The chapters of this book, all written by experienced psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists, address different aspects of the psychotherapeutic treatment with psychotic children or adolescents. This volume collects the main contributions to the fourth conference of the child and adolescent section of the EFPP, held in Caen, France in September 2001, on the general topic of -Psychotic Children and Adolescents and their Families.-

Anne Alvarez's contribution reflects her long experience in treating autistic and psychotic children and adolescents, as well as her profound...