Abstract:
The early intervention clinic leads us to question the symptomatic nuances between the signs of risk of autism and the signs of depression of the baby. In considering the Freudian concept that associates the depression with the loss of the object, how could we think about be regarded the depressive condition of babies who are in the process of constructing their relationship to the object? In both cases, there is a mismatch in the establishment of the impulse drive between the mother and the baby which, although being distinct experienced features, are associated to the counter transfer with the analyst. On the basis of two different clinical cases, we address under which conditions the autistic withdrawal and the depression of the baby converge and differentiate one from another.
Keywords:
early autism; baby depression; early intervention; psychoanalysis of mother & baby