A New Dimension of the Youth Culture

Armand M. Nicholi II, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.1974.131.4.396

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Focusing on 17 college students who experienced what they called “religious conversion,” the author explores the recent perplexing religious preoccupation among youth. He describes the onset of this phenomenon, delineates its social and psychological determinants, traces its relationship to the drug culture, and, comparing the functioning of these students before and after conversion, discusses whether the experience promotes adaptation or tends to be isolating and destructive.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 4 • April 1974

Pages: 396 - 401

PubMed: 4814907

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Published in print: April 1974

Published online: 24 April 2020

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Armand M. Nicholi II, M.D.

Dr. Nicholi is Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 872 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 02139.

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A New Dimension of the Youth Culture

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