Citation

Postelnek JK, Atlas JA. Psychol. Rep. 1993; 73(3): 1299-1306.

Affiliation

Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8115583

Abstract

The case of an adolescent hospitalized on an Acute Inpatient Unit following a suicide attempt is presented. Aspects of the patient's clinical presentation, specifically highly variable behaviors that eventuated in three recurring personality constellations, are linked to the youth's history of physical abuse. Interpretations of the boy's behaviors and treatment strategies are illustrated for consideration in work with other youth suffering histories of abuse.

Language: en