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Adolescence is a phase of human development characterized by major psychophysiological transformations and a high vulnerability and/or potential for disturbance. It can be divided into 5 subphases. For the assessment of the psychopathology and the resources it is important not only to evaluate the individual structure and psychodynamics but also to include the interpersonal relationships (family, peer group) in the diagnostic process.
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In this article the classification of the nonscrotal testis is elucidated with a description of all forms of incomplete testicular descent. A great deal of attention is paid to the process of reaching the proper diagnosis, outlining the procedure for physical examination. The risk of infertility, the rather rare occurrence of testicular tumor, and a disturbance of the psychosexual development, are reasons why the undescended testis should be treated. How the undescended testis should be treated, hormonal or surgical, depends entirely on the position of the testis. LHRH nasal spray may induce descent in testes that have emerged from the inguinal canal and can be manipulated to at least the scrotal entrance. Surgical treatment is indicated for all undescended testes that have not emerged from the inguinal canal as well as all ectopic testes, and for those testes that failed to descend with hormonal therapy. The treatment protocol for all types of nonscrotal testes is discussed and schematically presented.
Adolescence of their daughter disturbs parent's psychical organization. For the father, more or less deep anal regression results from feminine and passive fantasies ("If she does not come back, I'll kill her"). Mother, in interaction with her husband's anxiety is getting depressed ("If she does not come back, I'll kill myself").
The article deals with sexual disorders in the form of lack of libido, decreased libido, anorgasmy, decreased orgasmic response, loss of the emotional element of libido, predominance of the rational element of sexual libido, manifestations of pseudovaginismus and unmotivated revulsion toward sexual intercourse in women (aged 20-47 years) with slowly progressive schizophrenia and a 2-15 year history of the endogenic process. Definite correlations between psychopathological and sexual pathological manifestations have been ascertained. Sexual disorders were of a secondary systemic nature and were undetected if the endogenic process began after the completion of all stages of normal psychosexual development.
Problems of mental health during combat activities are well documented in Israel (Dasberg, 1976). Much less attention has been paid to the problems of the young soldier who enters army life in Israel. This paper delineates some areas of friction and vulnerability between the worlds of the youth and the military. These encounters are systematized into groups, creating the "Binary Model." This model, based on the authors' experience as clinicians in the I.D.F. Central Mental Health Clinic, helps in locating and treating young soldiers in crisis situations.
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After a review of the literature dealing with pedophilia, the results of an analysis of 100 forensic psychiatric reports dealing with pedophile criminals are described. They show that, except for a few homosexual pedophiles, pedophilia is a pseudoperversion originating from different developmental conditions and, in individual cases, verifiable personality traits. The authors discuss problems involved in the forensic-psychiatric assessment of these delinquents. Attention is drawn to the necessity of purposeful, coordinated further education in this respect to enable the existing considerable discrepancies between forensic-psychiatric evaluation of these and other sexual deviants to be overcome.
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The psychosocial difficulties that usually accompany learning disabilities are examined from a framework of developmental theory, particularly that of Erik Erikson. The implications of this perspective for treatment of adolescents with learning problems is discussed, and a specific program described.
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