<i>Clinical Perspective</i><br><br> Psychodynamic aspects of suicidal risk in adolescence: two case studies

Abstract

Two cases of attempted suicide by adolescents, following the separation from an idealised first sexual partner, are presented to illustrate psychodynamic issues often overlooked in clinical assessment. Absent fathers and father figures and other psychodynamic issues are explored.

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2006, 18(2): 79–81