Françoise Salomon

Silent Child The Story of a Schizophrenic

This largely autobiographical book recounts the story of a family brutally shaken their son’s violence and mental illness—though nothing had previously seemed to distinguish him from other teenagers. It is a highly moving chronicle of the world of schizophrenia which remains little known by the general public. The mother of a schizophrenic child, Françoise Salomon is an active member of the French Union nationale des amis et des familles des malades mentaux.

André Kahn

Sleep and Your Child

André Kahn

Sleep and Your Child

Laurent Danon-Boileau

Speech Is Fragile Children's game

René Soulayrol

The Stricken Child Understanding the epileptic child

Do epileptic seizures occur completely out of the blue? Or is there an underlying cause? How do epileptic children live with their bodies on a day-to-day basis? Can epilepsy result in the impairment of the child’s intelligence? What are the links between epilepsy and neuroses or psychoses? This book springs from an attempt to understand the psychological behaviour of the epileptic child, and the efforts that the child must make in order to adapt and continue to live as normal a life as possible, in spite of the disease. René Soulayrol teaches child psychology in the Faculté de Medécine, in Marseille.

Antoine Alaméda

Talking To Your Children

Didier Pleux

Ten rules for common-sense parenting

Ten rules for common-sense parenting — and to give our children a better future

Patrick Guyomard

The Tendency for Polymorphe Perverse Behaviour

It is the child that Freud predominantly identifies as “polymorphe perverse” in his Three Essays on Sexual Theory, but he recognised that it is in fact “a universally human and original trait”. Certainly, clinical experience suggests that this characteristic is not solely reserved for children. It is evident in each psychoanalytical treatment as common to all mankind. It is also found in science and in politics. If the tendency for polymorphe perverse behaviour is a “universally human trait”, everyone who has human thought patterns is affected. It is for this reason that this book gathers together reflections from psychoanalysts, clinicians specialising in both adults and children, scientists, anthropologists, and historians in order to revaluate the perversion and give a new perspective on the controversies it can trigger. Organised by the Freudian Psychoanalyst Society.