An Unchanged Mind: The Problem of Immaturity in Adolescents

by McKinnon, John A.

• ISBN13: 9781590561249
• ISBN10: 1590561244
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Pr

Summary

An Unchanged Mind begins with a clinical riddle: Why are American teenagers failing to develop normally through adolescence? We are presented with case studies from a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teenagers: All new students had been deemed treatment "failures" after conventional psychiatric care. All were bright teenagers, full of promise, not obviously "ill." Yet they found themselves unprepared for the challenges of modern adolescence and inevitably failed-at school, at home, and socially among their peers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Author's Note	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Breakdown
Point of Departure	p. 3
Global Disarray	p. 21
A Flawed Approach	p. 44
Normal Maturation
Thought & Time	p. 59
Me, Myself,...and You	p. 72
Gear Shift & Guitar	p. 89
Immaturity
Delay	p. 119
A Case: Helen (Part A)	p. 126
Obstacles	p. 144
A Case: David (Part A)	p. 161
A Remedy
A Two-Step Treatment	p. 179
A Case: Helen (Part B)	p. 189
A Case: David (Part B)	p. 201
Outcomes	p. 215
Letters	p. 227
Notes	p. 247
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