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Violent Adolescents: Understanding the Destructive Impulse

Name: Violent Adolescents: Understanding the Destructive Impulse
Author: Lynn Greenwood
ISBN: 9781780495651

by Lynn Greenwood (Editor)

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Overview

This volume looks at the reasons behind adolescent violence and the possible solutions for handling the violent adolescent. The contributors are all experienced practitioners and draw from their extensive experience in their consulting rooms. The thought-provoking and concise chapters discuss such problems as school-bullying, self-destructive and suicidal adolescents, violence towards the parents and violence while in care. Part of the Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series.

Synopsis

This volume looks at the reasons behind adolescent violence, and illuminates the earlier disturbances in the life history of the adolescent, which contribute to violent behaviour. The contributors look beyond the "why" of the behaviour and offer solutions on how to handle the situation. The contributors are all experienced practitioners and draw from their extensive experience in the consulting room. The concise and thought-provoking chapters discuss such problems as suicidal and self-destructive behaviours, school-bullying, violence towards the parents and violence while in care. This book is full of insights into the common problem of adolescent violence, and it should be required reading for all concerned with the young adults of today.Part of the Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series.

About the Author, Lynn Greenwood

Lynn Greenwood is a psychotherapist with a particular interest in adolescents and adults who exhibit behaviours that are destructive either to themselves or others. She works at the Eating Disorders Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London; at the Priory, Roehampton; and in private practice. She has also worked with adolescents and young adults at Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital and with inmates of a major London prison. She teaches and writes on psychotherapy issues and has acted as consultant psychotherapist for several television programs.