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18th October 1954.
Dear Miss Chaplin,
The problem you raise1 is a very interesting one and I know that it has been in the back of our minds often when we have been talking generally or specifically about cases. I think there is an answer to the question you raise which does not in fact alter either your view or mine, but this is a matter for discussion and it is always possible that I use the word psychotic in a way that is not justifiable. I have this constantly under review.
Before I go into the main problem, I would like to say what I mean by psychotic. I mean that the child's neurotic defences are either insufficient or that the child never reached a stage of emotional