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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Editorial

What happened to the concept of adolescence crisis?

Authors: Robert Waltereit, Anne Uhlmann, Stefan Ehrlich, Veit Roessner

Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Issue 12/2020

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Adolescence is a critical period in human development and a time when many psychiatric disorders emerge [1]. In the older literature, the term “adolescence crisis” appeared frequently; today it is still in some clinicians’ vocabulary. It appears at first glance as a suitable semantic combination describing the time period in life as well as its subliminal and transient psychiatric burden. However, the previously commonly used term is now seen with scepticism [2]. What was the idea behind the concept of adolescence crisis, why was it left behind and what could be a useful legacy? …

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Title: What happened to the concept of adolescence crisis?
Authors: Robert Waltereit
Anne Uhlmann
Stefan Ehrlich
Veit Roessner
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Issue 12/2020
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01660-y

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