| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Observation, Intuition, and Empathy | p. 1 |
| Towards an Objective Study of Human Nature [1945] | p. 3 |
| Yes, but How Do We Know It's True?"""" [1950]"""" | p. 13 |
| Early Infant Development | p. 19 |
| Primary Introduction to External Reality: The Early Stages [1948] | p. 21 |
| Environmental Needs; the Early Stages; Total Dependence and Essential Independence [1948] | p. 29 |
| The Family | p. 37 |
| The Bearing of Emotional Development on Feeding Problems [1967] | p. 39 |
| Sleep Refusal in Children [1968] | p. 42 |
| The Effect of Loss on the Young [1968] | p. 46 |
| Out of the Mouths of Adolescents [1966] | p. 48 |
| The Delinquent and Habitual Offender [early 1940s] | p. 51 |
| A Clinical Approach to Family Problems: The Family [1959] | p. 54 |
| Starting School | p. 57 |
| Mental Hygiene of the Pre-School Child [1936] | p. 59 |
| The Teacher, the Parent, and the Doctor [1936] | p. 77 |
| Case Studies and Observations | p. 95 |
| A Clinical Example of Symptomatology Following the Birth of a Sibling [ca. 1931] | p. 97 |
| Notes on a Little Boy [1938] | p. 102 |
| The Niffle [undated] | p. 104 |
| Adoption | p. 111 |
| Two Adopted Children [1953] | p. 113 |
| Pitfalls in Adoption [1954] | p. 128 |
| Adopted Children in Adolescence [1955] | p. 136 |
| Psychosomatic Problems | p. 149 |
| Contribution to a Discussion on Enuresis [1936] | p. 151 |
| Papular Urticaria and the Dynamics of Skin Sensation [1934] | p. 169 |
| Short Communication on Enuresis [1930] | p. 170 |
| Child Psychiatry: The Body as Affected by Psychological Factors [ca. 1931] | p. 176 |
| on Cardiac Neurosis in Children [1966] | p. 188 |
| Autism and Schizophrenia | p. 189 |
| Three Reviews of Books on Autism [1938, 1963, 1966] | p. 191 |
| Autism [1966] | p. 197 |
| The Aetiology of Infantile Schizophrenia in Terms of Adaptive Failure [1967] | p. 218 |
| Professional Care of the Growing Child | p. 225 |
| Training for Child Psychiatry: The Paediatric Department of Psychology [1961] | p. 227 |
| Summary | p. 230 |
| Notes on the Time Factor in Treatment [1961] | p. 231 |
| The Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry Observed as a Group Phenomenon [1967] | p. 235 |
| A Link Between Paediatrics and Child Psychology: Clinical Observations [1968] | p. 255 |
| Child Psychiatry, Social Work, and Alternative Care [1970] | p. 277 |
| Glossary of Medical Terms | p. 283 |
| Original Source of Each Chapter | p. 287 |
| Bibliography | p. 291 |
| Index | p. 329 |
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