Adolescence

129 Pages·2000·5.257 MB·English

by  Inge Wise

ADOLESCENCE
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ADOLESCENCE
Editor
lnge Wise
Series Editors
Inge Wise and Paul Williams
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First published in 2000 by the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London
Reprinted in 2004 by
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Copyright Q 2000 This compilation to Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London
Copyright 0 2000 Introduction by Inge Wise
Chapter 1 Copyright Q 2000 Donald Campbell
Chapter 2 Copyright 0 2000 Catalina Bronstein
Chapter 3 Copyright 0 2000 Abrahilo Brafman
Chapter 4 Copyright O 2000 Denis Flynn
Chapter 5 Copyright Q 2000 Luis Rodn'guez de la Sierra
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Introduction
Inge Wise
CHAPTER ONE
Violence as a defence against breakdown in adolescence
Donald Campbell
CHAPTER TWO
Working with suicidal adolescents
Catalina Bronstein
CHAPTER THREE
Working with adolescents:
a pragmatic view
Abrahrio Brafman
v i CONTENTS
CHAPTER FOUR
Adolescence
Denis Flynn
CHAPTER FIVE
Working with addicts
Luis Rodrigua de la Siena
APPENDIX: Agencies working with adolescents
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to thank all those whose ideas and efforts have continued to
contribute to Psychoanalytic ideas: Susan Budd, Dr Anthony Bateman
and all other members of the Publication Committee, the reviewers
tor the critical and thoughtful analysis of the individual lectures,
L. Moncada for her comments, Linda Carter-Jackson and Nick Hall
at the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, Lyndsay MacDonald for admin-
istrative expertise, Dr Martin Edwards for copy-editing, Phil Baines
for his design and enthusiasm, Judith Perle for editorial help and
Professor Dr Paul Williams for much hard work and moral support.
Inge Wise
Series Editor

CON TRlBUT ORS
Dr Abrahb H Brafman, Member of the British Psycho-Analytical
Society, qualified in adult and child psychoanalysis. He was a
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the NHS and a
Consultant at the London Clinic of Psycho-Analysis, and is now a
Consultant for the British Association of Psychotherapists and
Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Psychotherapy Department of
University College Hospital, London. His particular interests are
child development and the mutual influences between children and
parents.
Dr Catalina Bronstein, Training Analyst of the British Psycho-
Analytical Society, qualified as a psychiatrist in Buenos Aires. She
trained as a child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic and now
works at the Bmt Adolescent Centre and in private practice with
adults and adolescents. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at
University College London, writes and lectures on the psychoana-
lytic understanding of adolescents' problems, and teaches at the
Tavistock and abroad.