Hysterical identification in an eleven-year-old girl

The concept of hysterical identification was reviewed and illustrated in child analytic process material obtained in the treatment of a latencyage girl. It is the author's contention that "hysteria" and its dynamics, for example, hysterical identification, have fallen into disuse, to the disservice of our child patients. This contribution is aimed at getting child analysts to reconsider the merits of this outcome.