@article{ref1,
title="Treating the "wise baby"",
journal="American journal of psychoanalysis",
year="2005",
author="Vida, Judith E.",
volume="65",
number="1",
pages="3-12",
abstract="In a previous examination of Ferenczi's concept of the &quot;Wise Baby&quot; (1996), I had noted both its applications and its limitations in the analytic treatment of an unusually intelligent adult. Ferenczi's concepts of &quot;the origin of intellect in trauma&quot; and of &quot;the wise baby&quot; have often left the indistinct impression of being interrelated phenomena. In this paper, I regard as arguable the notion that very high intelligence is pathological when it is &quot;precocious.&quot; This return visit to the territory of the &quot;wise baby&quot; extends Ferenczi's ideas about the &quot;origin&quot; and use of the intellect to include a consideration of what may constitute effective &quot;treatment&quot; for those who suffer from giftedness.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1573-6741",
doi="10.1007/s11231-004-1814-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11231-004-1814-y"
}