Adolescence as a culture-bound syndrome.
In keeping with an expanded definition of culture-bound syndromes, this paper argues that adolescence in American society has been 'medicalized' into a full-blown symptom complex or pathologic condition. Culture-bound syndromes in highly differentiated societies such as the U.S., may be taxonomically sorted by distinctive cultural identity system domains of age, gender, family, vocation and ethnicity.
Hill
R F
RF
Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190.
Fortenberry
J D
JD
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005008:Ethnopsychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012380:Role; D012938:Social Perception; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States