In this chapter I shall look at some central psychoanalytic contributions to the understanding of adolescence. I shall outline some theories that I have found useful in my psychoanalytic work with adolescents and give short vignettes as examples of the use of these theories in two specific areas. Firstly, I shall illustrate the continued relevance of Freud's developmental theory and the reworking of early Oedipal relationships from early adolescence onwards. Secondly, I shall look at the development of psychological structures in adolescence, which can lead to specific adolescent states of mind, and I shall illustrate how the adolescent's use of their mind and sense of their body can be affected in severe disturbances.

Adolescence

ivySCI AI Smartly Parses PDF, Answers Researchers' Questions, and Helps You Understand Papers in Seconds

Journal Info