ADOLESCENCE Adolescence is one of a series of low-cost books under the title PSYCHOANALYTIC ideas which brings together the best of Public Lectures and other writings given by analysts of the British Psycho-Analytical Society on important psychoanalytic subjects. The books can be ordered from: Karnac Books www.kamacbooks.com Tel. +(0)20 8969 4454 Fax: +(0)20 8969 5585 E-mail:
[email protected] Other titles in the Psychoanalytic ideas Series: Shame and Jealousy: The Hidden Turmoils Phil Mollon Dreaming and Thinking Rosine Jozef Perelberg Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss and Breakdown Joan Raphael-Leff (editor) Unconscious Phantasy Riccardo Steiner (editor) Psychosis (Madness) Paul Williams (editor) ADOLESCENCE Editor lnge Wise Series Editors Inge Wise and Paul Williams KARNAC LONDON NEW Y O W First published in 2000 by the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London Reprinted in 2004 by H. Karnac (Books)Ltd. Karnac Books Ltd. 6118 Pembroke Buildings, London NWlO 6RE Finchley Road London NW3 5HT Copyright Q 2000 This compilation to Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London Copyright 0 2000 Introduction by Inge Wise Chapter 1 Copyright Q 2000 Donald Campbell Chapter 2 Copyright 0 2000 Catalina Bronstein Chapter 3 Copyright 0 2000 Abrahilo Brafman Chapter 4 Copyright O 2000 Denis Flynn Chapter 5 Copyright Q 2000 Luis Rodn'guez de la Sierra The contniutors assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of these works. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Liirary Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Liirary 978 1 85575 ISBN 1 85575 380 380 4 8 Designed typeset and produced by The Studio Publishing Services Ltd, Exeter EX4 8JN Printed in Great Britain CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Introduction Inge Wise CHAPTER ONE Violence as a defence against breakdown in adolescence Donald Campbell CHAPTER TWO Working with suicidal adolescents Catalina Bronstein CHAPTER THREE Working with adolescents: a pragmatic view Abrahrio Brafman vi CONTENTS CHAPTER FOUR Adolescence Denis Flynn CHAPTER FIVE Working with addicts Luis Rodrigua de la Siena APPENDIX: Agencies working with adolescents INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank all those whose ideas and efforts have continued to contribute to Psychoanalytic ideas: Susan Budd, Dr Anthony Bateman and all other members of the Publication Committee, the reviewers tor the critical and thoughtful analysis of the individual lectures, L. Moncada for her comments, Linda Carter-Jackson and Nick Hall at the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, Lyndsay MacDonald for administrative expertise, Dr Martin Edwards for copy-editing, Phil Baines for his design and enthusiasm, Judith Perle for editorial help and Professor Dr Paul W illiams for much hard work and moral support. Inge Wise Series Editor CONTRlBUTORS Dr Abrahb H Brafman, Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, qualified in adult and child psychoanalysis. He was a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the NHS and a Consultant at the London Clinic of Psycho-Analysis, and is now a Consultant for the British Association of Psychotherapists and Honor