Adolescence has been aptly termed the "fateful passage." It is a period of tremendous upheaval when, among other things, nature reorganizes the entire body to assume the function of reproduction. It is small wonder, in view of the far reaching somatic changes which occur within a comparatively short period, that many disorders are precipitated during these adolescent years. In fact, the biologic changes are so radical and offer such a plausible explanation for almost any condition which develops at this time that too often one attributes to them disorders which are not primarily of organic origin at all but are instead largely psychogenic. Concomitant with and indeed arising out of the somatic changes of adolescence, there is a great emotional upheaval. The child's biologic maturity makes new exactions on him. He finds himself beset by strong unconscious impulses which he does not understand and with which he does not know