Early Interaction and Developmental Psychopathology Volume I: Infanc

This first book of a two-volume series describes current research and state of the art clinical practice the shed light on  the developmental origins of psychopathology in the first year of life, i.e. approximately up to the emergence of secondary in

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Early Interaction and Developmental Psychopathology

Gisèle Apter  •  Emmanuel Devouche Maya Gratier Editors

Early Interaction and Developmental Psychopathology Volume I: Infancy

Editors Gisèle Apter Groupe Hospitalier du Havre Université de Rouen Normandie Rouen France

Emmanuel Devouche Institute of Psychology Paris Descartes University Paris France

Maya Gratier University of Paris Nanterre Nanterre Cedex France

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Introduction

The papers in this volume all explore facets of the complex but crucially important processes by which human social interactions give rise to habitual ways of being and of experiencing the world. These can be described as more or less adaptive modes in which relationships and events are met. They tend to persist throughout life and can give rise to symptoms of illness and psychopathological conditions. Every human being grows and changes through recurrent and familiar, as well as through new social encounters. This is a remarkable fact. It urgently requires attention. Scientists and practitioners need to understand and focus on this essential dimension. The papers gathered here bring together the accumulated scientific and clinical evidence underlining that social interactions are vital for human development. It is not surprising that René Spitz’s seminal work on relational affective deprivation in infancy was an important inspiration for Bowlby’s theory of attachment and Winnicott’s early emotional approach. A few decades after Spitz, Sir Michael Rutter and his colleagues sh