Affliction

Psychiatre et psychanalyste, Philippe Gutton travaille depuis plus de vingt ans sur l'adolescence et avec des adolescents. Expert judiciaire, il a souvent abordé la question de la délinquance juvénile. Directeur de l'Ecole des Parents, il a aussi accompagné des familles confrontées aux "crises" de l'adolescence. Professeur des universités, il a fondé et dirige la revue Adolescence, et a publié notamment Le Pubertaire, et Violence et adolescence.

Chef de service de la consultation pour adolescents du Centre Philippe Paumelle-Paris, Alain Braconnier est médecin, psychiatre, et psychanalyste.

Moses Laufer (1926 - 2006) was a Canadian psychoanalyst who pioneered work with adolescents and founded the Brent Centre for Young People in London. After moving to London in 1955, he became a member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, becoming its president in the mid-1980s. He was also chair of the International Psycho-Analytical Association. He published a great number of papers in the 'International Journal of Psychoanalysis', and authored several influential works including 'Adolescence and Developmental Breakdown' (1984), 'The Suicidal Adolescent' (1995), and 'Adolescent Breakdown and Beyond' (1997).