This book approaches the treatment of the seriously disturbed, hospitalized, delinquent adolescent in a unique manner. The major treatment techniques are milieu therapy as well as the psychodynamic approach. The authors, a psychiatrist, a nurse, an occupational therapist, and a social worker, indicate the various developmental and transitional stages through which adolescents evolve. Their treatment framework rests within the theories of Anna Freud, Kohut, Blos, Bettelheim, and Masterson. However, their conceptualizations and applications of how to treat, as well as how to work with this patient, are