The first edition of this popular book won praise for successfully exploring the inner world of contemporary adolescence. The new edition now also examines issues including self-harm, depression and body image disturbance. Drawing on a flexible psychodynamic approach, it gives evidence-based guidance for both experienced practitioners and students.

Introduction
Contemporary Adolescence
Becoming a Subject in Adolescence
Ethnicity and Identity in Adolescence
Parenting Adolescents
Containing Adolescence in Organisations
Adolescents as Temporary Outsiders: Drugs, Offending and Anti-social Behaviour
Adolescents with Difficulties in Achieving Separateness
Psychotic and Suicidal States in Adolescence
Leaving Home
Notes
Bibliography
Index

STEPHEN BRIGGS is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Social Work at the Tavistock Clinic, London, UK.