Adolescence and Breakdown

This volume, first published in 1975, traces what happens when the crises of adolescence are not sufficiently well negotiated. The topics debated and explored include: emotional conflicts; educational drop-outs; social conflict; delinquency; acting-out, rebellion and violence; drugs; depression and suicide; individual treatment; family therapy.

Simon Meyerson

Foreword. 1. Problems of Adolescence A. Hyatt Williams 2. Adolescence and Dropping Out Shiona Hyatt Williams 3. Adolescence and Delinquency Simon Meyerson 4. Acting-Out, Rebellion and Violence Arturo Varchevker and Brian Muir 5. Adolescence and Drugs Martyn Gay 6. Some Observations on Depression and Suicide in Adolescents Bill Allchin 7. Adolescence and Individual Treatment John Byng-Hall 8. Conjoint Family Therapy John Byng-Hall. Index.