»The theme of adolescence is first approached by way of classic psychosomatic theory, with some theoretical-clinical links. Behavioural neuroses at this age seem to protect the soma, but paradoxically endanger the life of the subject, in symmetry with progressive diseases in the adult. Also, a deficiency in the work of adolescence has the potential to generate serious psychosomatic illnesses, either immediately or in the later on. The adolescent's depression is the common denominator in most of these clinical situations; it entails a potential for objectal disinvestments and for the appearance of symptoms corresponding to essential depression as described by P. Marty. This article questions the role of adolescence in the subject's psychosomatic future.»