Based on a clinical case, we will examine the implications of the adolescent processes in the onset of paranoid psychosis. This reflection is based on the Lacanian concept of psychosis as it relates to the precise process of onset. More specifically, the temporality of onset of this case of psychosis can be better understood by examining its diachronic and/or synchronic temporal determinations.

Adolescence, 2016, 34, 2, 289-304