ABSTRACT
It is not an accident that in my own area of cognitive behavior modification most research has focused on children and adults, and researchers have wisely skipped adolescents. This is especially true when the adolescent is suffering from serious forms of psychopathology such as schizophrenia. It takes a brave and perceptive clinician to explore the complexity of adolescent schizophrenia and its impact, especially as evident on the family. Moreover, to argue that the “recurring family process leads to the adolescent’s serious disturbance,” as Palazzoli does, takes a particularly brave theoretician. One may, however, raise several questions about the clinical descriptive account offered by Dr. Palazzoli.
