Adolescence as a culture-bound syndrome.

Full Abstract

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.

Author information

Author/s: Hill, R F (RF); Fortenberry, J D (JD);

Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982) (Soc Sci Med), published in ENGLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1992-Jul; vol 35 (issue 1) : pp 73-80

Dates: Created 1992/09/08; Completed 1992/09/08; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 1496414, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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