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Chronology of publications dedicated to children’s autism

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Autor: Doru Jurchescu Constantin Lupu
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The authors have found publications about Autism trying to establish the chronology of the occurrences of the initial materials so far. Although much has been written about the autism of the child, some publications are only reproductions, others are realities. Key words: autism, publications, personalities, from childhood psychosis to TSA
Studies and interpretations about this mysterious disorder: the autism of the child, have provoked so far many comments, descriptions and interpretations. These situations led us to propose a systematization of the chronology of publications and personalities dealing with autism. The calendar stages that can be described in the current state of knowledge of AUTISM are: – Defining autism as a symptom of schizophrenia by E. Bleuler in 1911-1912 [1]. – Autism stage described as an early psychotic disorder: Julien de Ajuriaguera [2]. – The stage of the semiological description with the presentation of some princely cases: Leo Kanner, N. Kugelmass and Bruno Betelheim in 1936 – 1971 [3, 4]. – The study phase of the families and of the psychogenetic components identified in the human genome. Autism is a polygenic disorder. Chromosomes 5, 15 and X are investigated [5]. – Recent stage of sensory component research with micro-deficits in Minimal Brain Injury (MBD: Minimal Brain Dysfunction) [6, 7, 8]. The beginnings of the classification are attributed to J. de Ajuriaguera, who classified infant autism in the group of early psychoses. He had the ability to transpose into the family tree of Child Psychiatry information from many specialties in the trunk and NPI branches. In Ajuriaguera’s conception, the report of these sciences is the neurobiological substrate, and the clinical manifestation is psychiatric [2].
We also give other classifications about the psychological functions of the child and adolescent, this parent of Child Neuropsychiatry. This first classification was accepted until the appearance of DSM III-IV in which Infantile Autism is included in the chapter Autistic Spectrum Disorders (T.S.A.) [9]. We present more detailed aspects of J. de Ajuriaguera’s conceptions that we consider “ours”: he presents Medical Psychology as a human science, derived from CNS physiology – as opposed to other authors who completely separate the physiology from psychology. The phenomena that constitute the basic structure of psychic life are instincts, memories, emotions, passions, thinking, intelligence, will, etc. [7]. Ajuriaguera emphasized that dynamic psychology also includes the relations of the child-adolescent with the environment, with society and culture, leading to the progressive structuring of the HUMAN PERSON. We also present from the conceptions discussed by this author the two face of thought: Monism and Dualism. These are totally heterogeneous, and psychology should be subject to a dualistic philosophy in the relations between the physical and the moral. We also remember the connection of Plato and Spinoza’s presentation that in nature everything emanates from the body, becoming ideas and spirits. And the child is not born “performing” – he will organize to live, organize, integrate and develop his personal program. So the organization of the psychic life and the construction of the personality will tend towards the knowledge of the objective world and the communication of ideas and actions to others [6]. After Ajuriaguera the psychic life passes from childhood to adolescence and maturity through the stages of Nativism, Empiricism, Subjectivism and Objectivism, through rational gnoseological knowledge. The Franco-Spanish scientist J. De Ajuriaguera also relied on the gnostic theory of knowledge, being confirmed in the following periods as a pioneer, a road opener in child and adolescent psychiatry [10]. In addition to these bibliographic listings [12-21], we intend to continue with colleagues concerned with autism, to add in the following articles other bibliographic records.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Anghel Cristina Gianina și colab. 2017 – Tipare de identificare a emoțiilor părinților copiilor cu tulburare de spectru autist. Rev. SNPCAR vol 23 No. 2 pag. 21 – 28 ;
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3. A.P.A. – DSM – Manual Mental Disorders Ed. V – 2013; 4. Baron-Cohen S. and All. 2001: The Autism Spectrum Quotiens (AQ) evrilence from Asperger Syndrome | high – functioning autism, males and females scients and mathematiciens. J. Autism Nr. 31 (1) pag. 5-16 ;
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7. Bleuler Eugen Paul (1857 – 1939); Schizofrenia, 1911; Autismul: 1912 ;
8. Kanner Leo, 1943 : Autistic disturbances of Affective Contact. In Nervous Child 2 pag. 2017-2250 ;
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13. Marche De La- and All. 2015 : Messuring quantitative autism traits in families informant effect or intergenerational transmission. Europ. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 24(4) pag. 385-395 ;
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