The emerging manifestations of psychological distress in adolescents and their families: a “bridge” linking clinical and training initiatives of APF-Torino with territorial public services

Journal title TERAPIA FAMILIARE
Author/s Antonietta Bruatto, Stefania Salomone
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2023/133
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 31-44 File size 735 KB
DOI 10.3280/TF2023-133005
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The Turin branch of the APF, since its inception, has been characterized by and has over time consolidated an experience of integration between educational and clinical activities of those territorial services. This has manifested as a contribution to the development of clinical practices and activities of some Public Services within both the adult and developmental age areas. The presence of APF instructors, former students, and interns, in these contexts for many years, has contributed to the spread of the systemic relational model and the formation of a professional network that refers clinical cases to APF for therapeutic intervention. This article will focus on the description of “bridge” interventions between the clinical center and the Public Services, addressing the adolescent emergency that has intensified with the pandemic, exacerbating pre-existing suffering. Some of the experiences developed both within the services and in the clinical area as an attempt to respond to the profound and complex distress expressed by the young people and their families will be exemplified.

Keywords: adolescent, suicide, family psychotherapy, multigenerational model, public service, training.

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Antonietta Bruatto, Stefania Salomone, Le nuove espressioni di malessere degli adolescenti e delle loro famiglie: un “ponte” tra attività clinica e formativa APF-Torino e servizi territoriali in "TERAPIA FAMILIARE" 133/2023, pp 31-44, DOI: 10.3280/TF2023-133005