The struggle for independence is a main factor in the unpredictable reactions in the adolescent, Dr. Max Johnson, clinical assistant professor of neuropsychiatry, Louisiana State university medical school, said Tuesday at De Paul hospital.
Dr. Johnson, also a De Paul staff psychiatrist, was principal speaker at "A Workshop on the Exceptional Child," sponsored by the De Paul Hospital Guild, which opened its three-day meeting at the hospital's Rosary bldg. Assembly Room.
Dr. Johnson spoke on the ''Psychological Aspects of Adolescent Problems," saying "Areas of psy-I chological conflicts, disrespect for authority, possible disownment of previous religious teachings and unfamiliar aspects of sex-life enter the picture during the age of adolescence."
According to Dr. Johnson, an adolescent is a youth in a very important transition period in the position between puberty and adulthood, which, he added, all of us enter, but not all of us graduate I from.
PHOTO: CONFERRING BETWEEN SESSIONS of the De Paul Hospital Guild's "Workshop on the Exceptional Child" are three of Tuesday's speakers. From left are Dr. Walter J. Otis, De Paul staff neuropsychiatrist-in-chief; Dr. Max Johnson, clinical assistant professor of neuropsychiatry, Louisiana State university medical school, and Mrs. Robert A. Laird, guild president.
