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The Little Book of Child and Adolescent Development.

Gilmore, Karen.

The Little Book of Child and Adolescent Development. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages)

Cover -- The Little Book of Child and Adolescent Development -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 A psychoanalytic orientation to development in the twenty-first century -- 2 Infancy: Psychoanalytic theory, developmental research, and the mother-child dyad in the first year of life -- 3 Toddlerhood: Separation-individuation, rapprochement, and the forerunners of superego development -- 4 The oedipal phase and the oedipal complex: Developmental advances and theoretical considerations -- 5 Latency: The era of learning, autonomy, and peer relationships -- 6 Preadolescence and early adolescence: Introduction to the adolescent process and the challenges of sexual maturation -- 7 Middle and late adolescence: Sex and gender, individuation, and identity in progression toward the threshold of adulthood -- 8 Emerging adulthood and contemporary society: Development in the third decade -- 9 Conclusion: Why study development? -- Glossary.

The Little Book of Child and Adolescent Development presents a modern, psychoanalytically-informed summary of how the mind develops from infancy through young adulthood. It is a comprehensive work that integrates analytic theories with a contemporary systems model of development, and also draws on scholarly research from neighboring fields.

9780190213145


Child psychiatry.
Child development.


Electronic books.

RJ499 -- .G556 2015eb

618.92/89

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