Emotional disorders in childhood and adolescence

The third edition of this successful publication is an engaging illustration of the psychoanalytic approach to problems commonly encountered by child psychiatrists, physicians, and psychologists in their offices. Relationship trauma in particular is one of the most powerful and developmentally important events in everyone's life.

Traumatic experience shapes every person from the moment of birth. Some children, about whom the renowned Czech psychotherapist MUDr. Peter Pöthe writes, have experienced events that have profoundly and lastingly transformed their experience and behaviour. Modern psychoanalysis provides a basis for clinical work and therapy in many areas of children's mental health – such as their early relationships, sexuality, social behavior, aggression, separation and autonomy, addictions, eating disorders, delinquency, abuse and exploitation. The author attempts to convey as much information as possible from the field of child and adolescent psychoanalysis, developmental psychology and psychiatry in an accessible and interesting way. He deals with therapy and diagnostics and supplements everything with examples from his practice. The third edition is enriched with an extensive chapter devoted to the process of therapeutic work with parents.

The publication focuses primarily on psychiatrists, psychology, psychotherapists, social workers, pediatrician, teachers and educators, including kindergarten teachers. However, it will certainly also enrich parents and teenagers who are struggling with psychological problems.