[The adolescent in general psychiatry]

Ever since the works of anti-psychiatry and the bringing out of the danger of trying to master the adolescent, we have been made aware of a certain iatrogenic pathology. What is less known are the identification risks which exist between the young patient and the mentally-ill person. This identification can be imaginary, but it always runs the risk of becoming symbolic and opening up the way to chronification. So it would seem to us to be important to promote a special setting for adolescents.