Après un traumatisme crânien acquis dans l'enfance. L'enjeu de la crise adolescente dans la construction identitaire du jeune adulte

The adolescence period of the disabled person is little known. Indeed, the legal framework implies that a person will switch from the status of disabled child to that of disabled adult. However, this time of one's life is nevertheless real and is a factor of triggering the psychological and family trauma resulting from the accident. As is the case for any teenager, a psychological and identity reorganization is at work. Moreover, this change is difficult to identify because the expressed symptoms are often associated with the consequences of head injury (desinhibition, anger, protest, withdrawal, etc.). This creative phase, which allows the teenager to position himself on a personal, social and family level, is hardly accepted, especially in institutions. The collective life pertaining to institutions cannot always accept the experimentation that is necessary and essential to any adolescent movement. Transgression can then only be done in opposition to the institution's rules, which can then lead to feelings of exclusion echoing the trauma. Therefore, this set of issues leads these patients to question and reorganize the places and roles within the family system. This movement is part of a dynamic of identity construction and an attempt to resolve family dysfunction.