This is the first book on the psychoanalytic treatment of children, young people and adults with Asperger's syndrome. It includes multi-disciplinary contributions on psychiatric perspectives and psychological theories of the condition.

Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- This is Asperger's Syndrome -- Asperger's syndrome and Autism: distinct syndromes with important similarities -- A psychological perspective on theories of Asperger's syndrome -- A child psychotherapist's commentary on Hans Asperger's 1944 paper, "`Autistic Psychopathy' in Childhood" -- What does it feel like? Two first-person accounts by adults with Asperger's syndrome -- Finding the bridge: psychoanalytic work with Asperger's syndrome adults -- Is this Asperger's Syndrome? Issues of Assessment -- Issues in assessment: Asperger's syndrome and personality -- A matter of life and death: bodily integrity and psychic survival -- Clinical Case Histories -- Sleeping beauty: the development of psychic strength, love, and imagination in a 4-year-old girl -- Out of the nightmare: the treatment of a 5-year-old girl with Asperger's syndrome -- Hiding and learning to seek: becoming a somebody -- The lure of a mad world: supporting a 10-year-old boy's capacity for ordinary contact -- "I need my scripts": A boy with Asperger's syndrome entering adolescence -- On becoming of consequence -- Psychotherapy and community care -- Endpiece