The family and individual development / D.W. Winnicott ; with a new introduction by Martha Nussbaum.

Originally published: London : Tavistock, 1965.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The first year of life: modern views on the emotional development -- The relationship of a mother to her baby at the beginning -- Growth and development in immaturity -- On security -- The five-year-old -- Integrative and disruptive factors in family life -- The family affected by depressive illness in one or both parents -- The effect of psychosis on family life -- The effect of psychotic parents on the emotional development of the child -- Adolescence: struggling through the doldrums -- The family and emotional maturity -- Theoretical statement of the field of child psychiatry -- The contribution of psycho-analysis to midwifery -- Advising parents -- Casework with mentally ill children -- The deprived child and how he can be compensated for loss of family life -- Group influences and the maladjusted child: the school aspect -- Some thoughts on the meaning of the word democracy.