How can a depressive problem become fixed in a depression that, with neglect, can itself be frozen into a more serious pathology? A treatment with anti-depressives, which was justified but not associated with a relational therapy, leads an adolescent who was well treated but received mediocre care into a problematic that appeared paranoiac. Two other cases recently reported in the press provide more evidence of this evolving risk within a social context where “adolescent malaise” is constantly evoked.

Adolescence, 2026, 44, 1, 21-32.