Authority as a key factor in adolescent disturbance

Bruggen, Peter; Pitt-Aikens, Tom

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1975.tb02318.x

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“…Before we can begin the negotiation, we sometimes have to resolve complex statutory and relational problems (Bruggen & Pitt-Aitkin, 1975) to distinguish authority from interest or influence. We may, for example, have to resolve differences between the father and the mother, between the social worker and her manager, or between the social worker and the foster parent/hostel manager.…”

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A crisis recovery model for adolescents with severe mental health problems

Kaplan¹,

Racussen²

2012

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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A model of intervention at the interface and for the in-patient phase for adolescents with severe mental health crises was developed to reduce length of stay while maintaining quality of service consonant with the 'recovery model'. The model is described, and discussed in the context of the limited literature on both crisis intervention with adolescents and families, and 'recovery' in this age-group. The model may be suitable also for use by community teams dealing with adolescents in crisis.

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A crisis recovery model for adolescents with severe mental health problems

Kaplan¹,

Racussen²

2012

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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“…Surprisingly, adolescents often respond well to the imposition of authority if they understand that it may be in their longer term best interest (Bruggen & Pitt-Aikens, 1973). The request for a court report invests the professional with (albeit temporary) authority, to engage otherwise reluctant clients and their families.…”

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“…Structural family therapy provides a useful framework as it fits the court process, particularly the commissioning of the report questions, clarification of the roles of the professionals concerned and in the construction of the closing written statement (Dare, Goldberg, & Walinets, 1990;Jenkins, 1989;Minuchin, Montalvo, Guerney, Rosman, & Schumer, 1967;Reder, 1983). Surprisingly, adolescents often respond well to the imposition of authority if they understand that it may be in their longer term best interest (Bruggen & Pitt-Aikens, 1973). The request for a court report invests the professional with (albeit temporary) authority, to engage otherwise reluctant clients and their families.…”

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Can Adolescent Court Reports be Used to Facilitate Therapeutic Change?

Goldberg

Dimond

2005

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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A B S T R A C T How can reports for criminal courts be made helpful for the young people concerned? The prime aim of psychiatric court reports is to answer the questions posed by, or for, the court. This article argues that the process of preparing and writing an adolescent court report may also be used to promote change. This article describes how adolescent psychiatric reports commissioned for criminal court proceedings can be used to prompt therapeutic change whilst keeping to the agenda of the court. A series of steps are suggested to facilitate therapeutic change through the process of preparation and writing the report.

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“…It is easier for adolescents to develop healthily when there is a safe structure around which they can experiment, play, comply or rebel against: ‘the structure of standards of behaviour, of ideas, of times, of places and of limit’ , (Bruggen and Pitt-Aikens, 1975: 154). In attachment terms, they need a secure-enough base without which the task of growing is harder.…”

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The power of group work: personal recollections on Peter Bruggen

Ezquerro¹

2019

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This article aims to honour Peter Bruggen (17 July 1934–20 September 2018) who has been one of the great influences on adolescent mental health and, from my perspective, on innovative ‘group-analytic’, psychotherapy. Inspired by the work and ideas of Donal Winnicott, Derek Miller, Tom Main and SH Foulkes, Bruggen created an in-patient adolescent unit where all therapeutic work took place in groups. He supported the authority of the parents and, also, the developing authority of the adolescents to help them develop a sense of inner authority which they could recognize as their own.

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Authority as a key factor in adolescent disturbance

Cited by 12 publications

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A crisis recovery model for adolescents with severe mental health problems

A crisis recovery model for adolescents with severe mental health problems

Can Adolescent Court Reports be Used to Facilitate Therapeutic Change?

The power of group work: personal recollections on Peter Bruggen

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