Prof. Michael Schulte- Markwort, SOUL LIFE
Insights into the adolescent psyche

Carlsen - Nonfiction - Paperback - October 2020 - 144 pages

What happens when young people have mental health problems? How do they feel and where do they find help?

"I'm Luis, I'm 16 and I've been in the clinic for two and a half months now. From time to time I have emotional fluctuations. I'm here because of depression and my self-confidence is not so good either ..."

Luis and 19 other young people were patients in an adolescent psychiatric ward and give us an insight into their souls through their reports. The youth psychiatrist Prof. Schulte-Markwort goes into detail about each individual in short letters. He also explains the various mental illnesses in adolescence and answers questions about therapy. Together with the portraits of adolescent patients, taken by the photographer and initiator Nina Grützmacher as part of a photo project on the ward, an intensive, valuable, extraordinary book has been created.