Preface to the English edition

Introduction

PART 1 The adolescent and developmental ruptures

1 The adolescent mind

2 The problem of assessment in adolescence

3 Breakdown and developmental ruptures

4 The negated, repudiated, persecutory body

5 Sensoriality and developmental ruptures

6 Fear of breakdown and beyond

7 Developmental ruptures: A transformative pathway

8 Pathological transpersonal links and adolescent breakdown

PART 2 The defence against developmental breakdown

9 Perverse solutions and perversion

10 Daydreams and their evolutions

11 Martina: Alienation in the other

12 Violence as a defence against breakdown

13 Delusion, secrets and reciprocity

14 The transgender enigma

15 Self-harm and cutting