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Why were the psychoanalytically-based explanations of autism, such as those of Bettelheim and Mahler, taken seriously in the 1950s and 1960s? Why have psychoanalytic/psychotherapeutic approaches to understanding autism (see, for example, Tustin, 1981/1995, 1991) continued to have a role in treating children and adults with ASD and supporting their families? Why were psychoanalytic explanations for autism, such as Bettelheim’s and Mahler’s, taken seriously in the 1950s and 1960s?

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