title: Psychosis in adolescence - an anthropological approach.
abstract: Certain young men may react with psychosis to the Eriksonian developmental crisis of identity vs. role diffusion. In its symptomatology, this decompensation belongs to the category of schizophreniphorm psychoses, and may be reappearing within a given timeframe. This can be termed as a "psychosocial moratorium". Approached from a socio-anthropological viewpoint, in our culture deprived of myths and rites, these psychoses may be interpreted as analogous phenomena to initiation rites. The triad of segregation-liminality-reintegration may come useful in the therapeutic interpretation of these phenomena.
authors.affiliation: University of Pecs, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Pecs, Hungary, E-mail: tenyi.tamas@pte.hu.
authors.forename: Amaryl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Árkovits
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tényi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005195:Family Relations; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010379:Peer Group; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult