From adventures to diagnosis: adolescent behavior in classic fiction through the eyes of newly licensed Czech psychiatrists – a vignette study
The experiences of an adolescent boy, once interpreted as normative "adventures" in the 19th century, were recognized by newly certified psychiatrists as psychiatric disorder. These findings illustrate the extent of psychiatrization over time and suggest that expert diagnoses may substantially contribute to the overinterpretation of problems of living as psychiatric disorders.
Authors
- Jan Vevera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9065-1741)
- Vojtěch Pišl
- Marek Páv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-5484)
- Jiřı́ Hudeček (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0082-482X)
- Andrea Hodkova
Institutions
- Charles University (CZ)
- Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education (CZ)
- Psychiatrická Nemocnice Bohnice (CZ)
- General University Hospital in Prague (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1592912
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Univerzita Karlova v Praze
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy