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