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Adolescence as a culture-bound syndrome

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  • Hill, Robert F.
  • Dennis Fortenberry, J.

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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 taxanomically sorted by distinctive cultural identity system domains of age, gender, family, vocation and ethnicity.

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  • Hill, Robert F. & Dennis Fortenberry, J., 1992. "Adolescence as a culture-bound syndrome," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 73-80, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:35:y:1992:i:1:p:73-80
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