Past and present understanding of adolescent psychopathology
Journal title RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA
Author/s A. Braconnier
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/2
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 7-22 File size 330 KB
DOI 10.3280/RSF2010-002002
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation
click here
Below, you can see the article first page
If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits
FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.
The transition from childhood to adulthood has evolved over time and appears different in every historical era. Adolescence is now currently described as three connected phases: period of changes, period of choices and period of identity investments. Examining the relationship between identity building and identification, the Author considers the construction of personal identfication as a central issue of adolescence. This complex process, based on the internalised images of parental figures, enhances the building of a sufficiently coherent personal representation of self, identity and personality. From a psychopathological point of view, the most important threat during adolescence is depression. The Author describes depression and it’s different manifestations (that go from hindrances in cognitive abilities to more serious attacks on the body, such as suicide attempts). Finally, the Author examines the function of secrets - a human need - that insure psychological autonomy and support the quest for complicity.
Keywords: Adolescence, psychopathology, identity, identifi cation, relationship with parental figures, threat of depression.
A. Braconnier, La comprensione psicopatologica dell’adolescenza, ieri e oggi in "RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA" 2/2010, pp 7-22, DOI: 10.3280/RSF2010-002002