Adolescence

The third title in a series of limited-edition, low-cost books, devised and launched by The Institute of Psycho-Analysis in London. The books feature recent lectures on important psychoanalytic themes as part of the London Public Lecture series, organized by the British Psycho-Analytic Society. These collections have been chosen and edited by British psychoanalysts, members of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and experts in the areas of psychoanalytic work concerned. This collection consists of five articles by Donald Campbell, Catalina Bronstein, Abraham Brafman, Denis Flynn and Luis Rodriguez de la Sierra. The articles cover the different aspects of working with adolescents: violence as a defence; suicidal adolescents; a pragmatic view (the conceptualization of adolescence, first meetings, parents' needs, self-damaging behaviour, frequency of sessions, and technique); Freudian and recent psychoanalytic perspectives; and the psychopathology of addiction.