Adolescence as a Crisis and Crisis in Adolescents

Year 2009, Volume: 17 Issue: 3, 1 - 8, 01.09.2009

S. Canat Ö. Uçan H Yazar

https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000301

Abstract

Introduction: Crisis is an acute and short
lasting disorder that is seen with loss of stability,
caused by various kind of stres. Stressfull life
events may cause crisis as well as changingover
a life period to another may turn into a life
crisis. The purpose of this study is to determine
the problems of adolescents, life crisis spesific
for adolescence and adolescence as a life crisis
itself, in the last five year’s adolescent population
referred to Ankara Universitiy Crisis
Intervention Center. Methods and Materials:
According to Crisis Intervetion Center records,
1259 individuals were accepted in the last five
years. 264 were 15-21 age group and included
in the study. The data extracted from patient follow
up notes evaluated by using SPSS 12 program.
Results: Adolescent referral to Crisis, Intervention
Center rate was 20% of total referrals.
70.4 % were female.and 29,6 % were
male, Crisis related to the adolescence period
rate was 17.% Another significant referral cause
was performance anxiety related to examination,
and found 30.% This study also indicates
that accidental and stressfull life events cause
higher referral rate than developmental life period
events. 59 of 264 referrals (22,3%) had suicidal
ideation and 21 of 264 (8%) had suicidal
behaviour. Discussion: As a developmental
period, adolescence may turn into a life crisis,
however stressful life events that occurred during
this period may cause life crisis. Whether
related to a develompental period or a challenging
life, life crisis may show progression to a
mental disease, but it also is an opportunity for
the adolescent for improvement. Therefore, crisis
intervention will process as a preventive
mental health service.Intervention will also
improve adolescents to edal with other possible
crisis. Being educated for crisis intervention is
important for mental health professionals for first
intervention to a crisis patient as well as stimulating
the supportive intitutions for reinforcement

Keywords

Adolescent, idendity crisis, crisis, parasuicide

Kriz yaşantısı olarak ergenlik dönemi ve ergenlik döneminde kriz yaşantısı

Abstract

Keywords

Ergen, kimlik kargaşası, kriz, intihar girişimi

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