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Adolescence and BreakdownAuthor(s): Simon Meyerson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138957626, 978-1138957626\nSynopsis\nIn this volume and its companion Adolescence: The Crises of Adjustment, originally published in 1975, members of the Adolescent Department at the Tavistock Clinic and of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, together with other leading experts on the subject, present a unique study of adolescence.\n\nOf all living species only human beings go through a period of adolescence and because the conflicting influences that adolescents encounter both within themselves and in the outside world are so complex, even normal adolescence is a time of crises and adjustment. \n\nWhile Adolescence: The Crises of Adjustment is devoted to the dynamics and complexities of normal adolescence, the present volume traces what happens when the crises of adolescence are not sufficiently well negotiated. The topi.