Loners

Some children are solitary and unable to adapt to the social and educational demands of school life. Some are gifted; most cope better once they leave school. This work discusses the nature and origins of their difficulties and compares them with autism, Asperger's syndrome and schizoid/schizotypal personality disorders. Sula Wolff illustrates follow-up studies with case histories of children and adults seen in the course of 20 years, as well as with discussions of the apparent eccentricities of some exceptional people who catch the public eye. The book shows the necessity of the clinical recognition of the condition.

ISBN	0415066654	Pages	208
ISBN13	9780415066655 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd	Weight (grammes)	295
Imprint	Routledge	Published in	London
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	234
Publication date	17 Aug 1995	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	RC569.5.S3	Spine width (mm)	11
DEWEY	618.92858	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
DEWEY edition	DC20

	List of illustrations
	Foreword by Leon Eisenberg
	Acknowledgements
	Author's note
	Introduction	1
1	Early observations	4
2	In search of a diagnostic label	12
3	A closer look at the childhood picture	30
4	The personality of loners in later life	37
5	The later life adjustment of schizoid boys	50
6	Schizoid girls in childhood and later life	62
7	What is the risk of later psychiatric disorder?	80
8	Is there a link with antisocial conduct?	96
9	Intellectual interests and giftedness	110
10	How can we best understand the condition?	122
11	How can we intervene most helpfully?	136
12	Schizoid personality, pretence and genius: two extraordinary people	150
	Appendix	171
	References	173
	Name index	184
	Subject index	186

..." closely and carefully argued ... This book is eminently readable and holds the reader's interest."-Hans Steiner in "The Lancet

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