The violent adolescent: The urge to destroy versus the urge to feel alive

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-253

  Snyder, Jane ^a   Rogers, Kenneth ^b  

^a Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis   (United States)

^b Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depression; Self regulation; Staff dynamics; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FANTASY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; RAGE; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036762588     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019876300995     Document Type: Review

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