Vol. 1 originally published under title: Three clinical faces of childhood, and v. 2 : Three further clinical faces of childhood : New York : SP Medical & Scientific Books, c1976-1981.

Part I: The hysterical child -- The flowers of mankind / E. James Anthony -- The hysterical child / Henry P. Coppolillo -- The hysterical personality in child and adolescent analysis / Paulina F. Kernberg -- Hysterical disorders observed in a university child guidance clinic / Doris C. Gilpin -- Discussion of chapter 4 / Paulina F. Kernberg and Henry P. Coppolillo -- The hysterical child in the Doe family: a multifaceted approach to the problem of hysteria -- Psychotherapy of the hysterical girl / Doris C. Gilpin and Kate Mattes -- A family therapy perspective on hysterical dynamics in childhood / Richard J. Laitman -- The case of Stephanie Doe as viewed by a transactional analyst / Elaine Kornblum -- A social learning approach to hysteria in childhood / Julien Worland -- Discussion / Richard J. Laitman, Julien Worland, Doris C. Gilpin, Paulina F. Kernberg and Elaine Kornblum -- Summing up on "the hysterical child" / E. James Anthony -- Part II: The anxious child -- The phenomenon of anxiousness / E. James Anthony -- Anxiety in childhood: developmental and psychopathological considerations / Annemarie P. Weil -- A descriptive study of children with the diagnosis of anxious personality and anxiety neurosis / David T. Wells -- The anxious child in the Smith family -- The psychiatric evaluation of the anxious child: case record summarized from the clinic records / E. James Anthony -- Psychotherapy of the anxious child / Doris C. Gilpin -- Summing up on "the anxious child" / E. James Anthony -- Part III: The borderline child -- Betwixt and between: the psychopathology of intermediacy / E. James Anthony -- The concept of borderline: a fresh perspective / Rudolf Ekstein -- Play space and the borderline child / Rudolf Ekstein -- The borderline spectrum in children / Julio Morales -- Research on the concept of the "borderline" psychotic child / Doris C. Gilpin, Sandra Sexson and Carol Wald -- The borderline child in the Jones family: collaborative therapy with a borderline child / Lillian Weger, Doris C. Gilpin and Julio Morales -- The true bluid borderline child in psychotherapy / Doris C. Gilpin -- Early object loss and borderline pathology / Bernard Feinberg -- Discussion / Rudolf Ekstein -- Borderline psychopathology and incest / Ebrahim Amanat -- A borderline case in the light of Piaget's theory / James H. Grubbs -- Summing up the borderline child / E. James Anthony -- Epilogue - In defense of diversity / E. James Anthony.