Adolescence and developmental breakdown : a psychoanalytic view / M. Egle Laufer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laufer, M. Eglé, 1925- author.

Contributor:

Laufer, M. Eglé.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescence.

Adolescent psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Moses and Egle Laufer contend that severely disturbed adolescents can be assessed and treated psychoanalytically, and that their illness differs from comparable in older patients, and that the psychopathology has its source in conflicts over the sexually mature body. Extensive case histories support their argument.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; Preface; I: ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, PATHOLOGY, AND BREAKDOWN; II: BREAKDOWN AND THE TREATMENT PROCESS; III: CLINICAL ISSUES; IV: ASSESSMENT; References; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1984, Yale University Press with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund."--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91061-4

0-429-89638-7

0-429-47161-0

1-283-12501-3

9786613125019

1-84940-190-X

9780429471612

OCLC:

729167058