psychoanalysis and infancy

This paper engages in debates about the nature of autistic spectrum disorder with a theoretical model the ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism, put forward by Simon Baron-Cohen. In doing so it aims to clarify what is distinctive about the child psychotherapy approach to ASD. After outlining the Baron-Cohen approach and appreciating the evidence involved, the paper raises three issues, and recasts his interpretation of the evidence in terms... more