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AbstractAdolescence is the specific stage during which psychological changes and identity searching are at the forefront of preoccupations. The identity construction proves to be particularly complex in a transcultural context. Starting from their clinical questioning, the authors propose a literature review of the process of identity construction in a population of adolescent children of migrant parents. This theoretical reflection is based on conceptualisations of this process in intercultural psychology, transcultural psychology and in the theory of dialogical self. Putting into perspective these different approaches and their interconnections will help better understand the reality of hybrid or half-breed identity during adolescence.

AbstractThe author makes a brief survey of issues which are being faced now or will be in the future by an innovative and human educational program, as it becomes an increasingly important force in the educational system. He outlines some of the challenges which the educator, as a person, will have to meet as this innovative educational program develops. In the field of research he presents some recent findings of which too little is known and expresses the hope that continuing research will not be limited to evaluation but that it will search out relationships of the "if-then" nature. Finally, he speculates on the next great frontier of learning which could well be related to two faculties on which our culture as placed very little value : our intuitive and psychic powers.

Objectives The article presents the clinical description and discussion of a 17 years old Moroccan unaccompanied minor who migrated on his own to France. This case illustrates the complexity of the foreign unaccompanied minors' trajectories and the challenges of the clinical and institutional accompaniment provided in France. In the lights of the results of our clinical work and research, we suggest transcultural tools and perspectives that facilitate the construction of a narrative and that reinforce trust with the professionals-care givers working along with this population. Creativity is needed in the care of foreign isolated young people, in the absence of the family. Past traumatic experiences in these youths' lives hinder the process of building trust in the host country's educational accompaniment.Method In the framework of our action research, we describe the transcultural therapy setting created by our team to address the unaccompanied minors' psychological distress. Aiming to encourage the emergence of a life narrative that had been obstructed and ruptured by traumatic experiences, we resort to various tools facilitating the storytelling (objects, circle test, mediators interpreters, transcultural interpretations).Results The discussion follows three stances: the anthropological perspective focusing on the specific situation of the harraga—young people wandering both on the psychic and physical levels—, the political perspective, and the trauma clinic perspective. The enhancement and deepening of the cross-cultural skills of social workers strengthen their resources and provide them with better tools to accompany these young people. Additionally, results highlight the impact of the political discourse and strategies in the social workers' self-perception and the strains it creates in their daily work.Conclusion The transcultural approach addressed to unaccompanied minors relaunches the identity construction process in adolescence, impeded by their traumatic journey in migration. This implies restoring coherence in the life path of young people despite the rupture caused by the migration, often reactivated by new separations during the repetitive changes of foster homes. The unaccompanied minors have the possibility, through this clinical setting to depict an accurate representation of themselves, to develop narratives that can outgrow the preconceptions associated with their status, opening a brighter way for their individual destinies.

Keywords: harraga, mineur non accompagné, transculturel, accompagnement éducatif, traumatisme, migration, harraga, unaccompanied migrant minor, transcultural approach, social work, trauma, migration

This paper deals with the question of how health and illness as well as wholeness and salvation are interrelated. In a first step, it is shown on the basis of Paul Tillich that the human being is to be understood as a dynamic entity and that illness and health are to be understood as dynamic processes. Based on Viktor E. Frankl's concept of “homo patiens”, it is then shown in a second step that man can still find meaning despite illness. Finally, in a last step, Nancy L. Eiesland's concept of the “disabled God” is used to show that Christianity has a symbol that makes it clear that “wholeness” and thus salvation is not necessarily linked to physical integrity.

Based on the theoretical framework of discoincidence proposed by the philosopher François Jullien, this article explores the challenges of humanizing medical care, as well as the introduction of the spiritual dimension in the care of the patients. Finally, he discusses the possible dialogue between these contemporary reflections and the considerations of the Lutheran theologian Paul Tillich on health.

AbstractMasks and SexThis article is an attempt to apply Lacanian psychoanalytical concepts to ethnology. More specifically. it tries to outline the psychological process that allows human beings to go beyond the symbiosis with the mother and reach the symbolic level : it suggests that the use of masks is one of the main/fîrst signifying practices associated with this process. As tools of humanization. masks permit the passage from incest to conjugality. from the state of gemmation to the state of individuality. from hybrid being to human being. from aphasia to language. But this has been above ail a mâle adventure. the female being the keeper of ail the mâle had to lose during the process. The animated trance of the internai object she is supposed to hâve received places the woman in opposition to the externally-oriented masked cérémonials.

AbstractThis article, based on data collected during field research, analyses discussions with converts to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God pertaining to issues of illness and suffering. A neo-Pentecostal church, the Universal Church is active throughout the world. In Brazil, however, it has gained more adherents in recent years than any other faith-based organization. The church relies, in particular, upon the participation of women, who become converts or attend services in the hope of resolving personal and family problems. The church's discourse relating to illness and an analysis of its curing rituals help us to understand how so many women become converted to this faith.

Keywords: Fialho Costa, Jacquet, souffrance, religion, conversion, femmes, famille, Église Universelle du Royaume de Dieu, Brésil, Fialho Costa, Jacquet, suffering, religion, conversion, women, family, Universal Church of Kingdom of God, Brazil, Fialho Costa, Jacquet, sufrimiento, religión, conversión, mujeres, familia, Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios, Brasil

Québec's elderly, despite numerous risk factors and their low use of professional mental health services or suicide prevention centers, commit suicide less frequently than all age groups, are the most satisfies with their family relationships and social network, and suffer the least psychological distress. However, important suicide risk factors, e.g. losses, are often present. The current generation of the elderly differs from the coming generation. A future increase in suicide among the elderly must be prevented; ways of identifying the elderly at risk in the current generation have to be found; and the proper assistance needs to be offered.

Keywords: suicide, aînés, différence générationnelle, prévention, suicide, elderly, generational differences, prevention

The story of a lifetime is far from trivial for those who listen to it attentively. Because what an individual says about his or her life can potentially echo in the personal history of the listener, especially when the listener shares more or less similar living conditions with him. This is why the recipient sometimes sees part of the film of their own life in what is told. Expressed during interventions based on a narrative approach in a group context, this biographical resonance of the individual story deserves rigorous analysis because it is accompanied by major issues on the epistemological, methodological and ethical levels. This article aims to report on how the experiences of each challenge the other participants in the development of their individual narrative and the clarification of their conditions of existence. The materials analyzed were collected as part of a research-intervention project, “From life history to life project”, carried out between 2015 and 2018 with groups of young people of both sexes (from 17 to 28 years old) from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince. The subject is a continuation of a reflection proposed by Jean Leahey (2011) in the field of psychotherapy and falls within the theoretical environment of biographical research.

Keywords: RSP, résonance biographique, communauté d'expérience et de sens, RSP, biographical resonance, community of experience and meaning