TY - JOUR PY - 1990// TI - A severe form of breakdown in communication in the psychoanalysis of an ill adolescent JO - International journal of psycho-analysis A1 - Kennedy, R. SP - 309 EP - 319 VL - 71 IS - 2 N2 - The paper focuses on a particularly severe kind of breakdown in communication that can arise in the psychoanalysis of ill adolescents who have experienced a real breakdown in functioning, such as a severe suicide attempt or one or more psychotic breakdowns. Clinical material is presented from the analysis of a suicidal and self-mutilating adolescent as an illustration of the theme. Included is a discussion of different types of breakdown in communication.
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