title: [Psychiatry of adolescence. Prevention of mental diseases in adults].
abstract: Several impediments to the recognition of psychological disorders in adolescents are analyzed. In spite of the difficulties, it is worthwhile to overcome these obstacles. Indeed, it must be pointed out that the therapy of psychological disturbances during adolescence has a preventive effect upon longstanding psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Psychological manifestations in adolescence can be classed into four groups: the normal process of transformation, transient psychopathological reactions to transformation, conflictual organizations and severe impediments to the process of transformation. To these four clinical groups answer different consultation settings.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: La psychiatrie de l'adolescence. Prévention des maladies mentales de l'adulte.