title: The general practitioner and the troubled adolescent.
abstract: An approach to the disturbed adolescent in general practice is described, based on psychodynamic principles and personal experience. The potential for intervention in the general practice setting is explored, as are the incidence and modes of presentation of the adolescent process, both normal and disturbed. Comment is made on the waning frequency of acting-out problems encountered and questions posed on the explanation and degree of optimism with which this should be viewed.
mesh_terms: D000184:Acting Out; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012917:Social Adjustment