Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and Adolescent Development

Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and Adolescent Development: Non-Linear Perspectives on the Regulation of the Self explores how psychoanalysis can combine its theoretical perspectives with more recent discoveries about neurological and non-linear developmental processes that unfold during the period of puberty to young adulthood, to help inform understanding of contemporary adolescent behaviours and mental health issues.

Harold K. Bendicsen, LCSW, BCD, is a Clinical Social Worker who maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Elmhurst, Illinois. He holds a certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. He is Adjunct Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work and a member of the faculty of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. With Joseph Palombo and Barry Koch he has co-authored Guide to Psychoanalytic Developmental Theories and authored The Transformational Self: Attachment and the End of the Adolescent Phase.

Preface Introduction CHAPTER ONE: The Succession of Psychoanalytic Theories CHAPTER TWO: Regulation Theory CHAPTER THREE: Case Example CHAPTER FOUR: Alternative Developmental Model Thinking CHAPTER FIVE: Case Formulation from a Regulation Theory Perspective CHAPTER SIX: Desiderata: Further thoughts on case formulation CHAPTER SEVEN: Treatment Efficacy CHAPTER EIGHT: Some Thoughts on the Adolescent Passage, Emerging Adults and the Millennials CHAPTER NINE: Synopsis APPENDIX I Critical Thinking Mental Health Decision Making Flow Chart APPENDIX II Theories of Alcoholism