Adolescentology: Youth, Their Needs, and the Professions at the Turn of the Century

A review of central features of our world as it is experienced by youth at the end of the 20th century leads to three conclusions: (1) that the prospects for the great mass of contemporary adolescents are grim; (2) that the professions that serve the well-being of youth face challenges that are beyond their capacity to deal with in isolation from one another; and (3) that the emergent multiprofession endeavor called adolescentology is one promising adaptation to the situation.