Acknowledgements -- Anna freud: a chronology -- Introduction: Anna Freud, her life, and work -- Psychoanalysis with children -- The application of psychoanalytic ideas to education -- The ego and the mechanisms of defence -- The Hampstead war nurseries -- Psychoanalytic research and the observation of children -- The psychoanalytic treatment of adults -- The assessment and diagnosis of childhood disorders -- Developmental psychopathology -- Child analysis and developmental therapy -- Psychoanalysis and paediatrics : the care of children in hospital -- Children and the law -- Conclusion: the legacy of anna freud -- Bibliography.