[Ethnopsychiatry. The guardians of culture. Effects of geographic migration in late adulthood].
If one considers going through life as a temporal migration, one can observe that passing from one stage of life to the other is marked by certain rites (rites of passage or transition). The act of retirement is such a rite. This event involves individual and collective role changes (losses and gains). Within the context of stress produced at that particular time of temporal migration, the author examines the effects of physical (spatial) migration. Four cases are presented to illustrate this kind of situation. They are separated into two groups: multigenerational migration with and without the participation of aged parents. The use of an ethnological model--the concept of "Guardians of Culture"--allows for the study of the problem from the point of view of a reassessment of self in terms of a cultural role. This ethnopsychiatric approach attempts to assume a preventive role in that it deals with the detection of early signs of stress which could have serious repercussions on the health of the elderly population.
Département de Psychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Genève, Suisse.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001838:Bolivia / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012380:Role; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology
Ethnopsychiatrie. Les gardiens de la culture. Des effets de la migration géographique sur le troisième âge.