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Handbook of adolescent health psychology / William T. O'Donohue, Lorraine T. Benuto, Lauren Woodward Tolle, editors.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
O'Donohue, William T.
Benuto, Lorraine T.
Woodward Tolle, Lauren.
Series:
Springer behavioral science ebooks.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Youth--Health and hygiene.
Youth.
Adolescent psychology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (725 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2013.
Place of Publication:
New York : Springer Science, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Adolescence is a pivotal period of development with respect to health and illness. It is during adolescence that many positive health behaviors are consolidated and important health risk behaviors are first evident; thus, adolescence is a logical time period for primary prevention. In addition, the predominant causes of morbidity and mortality in adolescence are quite different from those of adults, indicating that early identification and treatment of adolescent health problems must be directed to a unique set of targets in this age group. Moreover, because of the particular developmental issues that characterize adolescence, intervention efforts designed for adults are often inappropriate or ineffective in an adolescent population. Even when chronic illnesses are congenital or begin in childhood, the manner in which the transition from childhood to adolescence to young adulthood is negotiated has important implications for disease outcomes throughout the remainder of the person’s life span. Organized in five major sections (General Issues, Developmental Issues, Treatment and Training, Mental Health, and Physical Health) and 44 chapters, Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology addresses the common and not so common health issues that tend to affect adolescents. Coverage includes: ▪ Context and perspectives in adolescent health psychology ▪ Health literacy, health maintenance, and disease prevention in adolescence ▪ Physical disorders such as asthma, obesity, physical injury, and chronic pain ▪ Psychological disorders such as substance abuse, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, and eating disorders ▪ Congenital chronic diseases such as type 1 diabetes and spina bifida Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology is the definitive reference for pediatricians, family physicians, health psychologists, clinical social workers, rehabilitation specialists, and all practitioners and researchers working with adolescents.
Contents:
Context and perspectives in adolescent health psychology
A biopsychosocial perspective on adolescent health and disease
Issues of diversity in adolescent health psychology: exploring sociocultural influences on adolescent health
Socioeconomic influences on health and health behavior in adolescents
Public health approaches to adolescent health beyond disease and illness
Epidemiology of adolescent health
Disease prevention in adolescence
Determinants of health-related behaviors in adolescence
Psychosocial stress, emotion regulation, and resilience in adolescents
Mental literacy, mental health, and adolescents
Advances in measurements and utilization of health-related quality of life instruments
The Effects of physical activity on the physical and psychological health of adolescents
Adolescent sexual assault: prevalence, risk associates, outcomes, and intervention
Intimate partner violence in adolescent romantic relationships
Continuity of behavior and parenting from childhood through adolescence
School performance
Brain development and health implications in adolescents
Puberty: its role in adolescent maturation
Adolescent sexuality and sexual behavior
Intervention effectiveness research in adolescent health psychology: Methodological issues and strategies
Training issues in adolescent health
Reforming the behavioral health delivery system for adolescents: why is it needed and what is psychology's role?
Confidentiality and care of the adolescent patient
Treatment adherence in adolescents
Smoking in adolescents
Adolescent substance abuse
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adolescence
Social and biological changes during adolescence that precipitate the onset of antisocial behavior
Personality disorders in adolescence
Deliberate self-harm in adolescents
Eating disorders in adolescents
Anxiety in adolescents
Depression and suicide-related behavior in adolescence
Adolescents with intellectual disabilities
Pregnancy in adolescents
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the developing adolescent: influences of and strategies to reduce STI acquisition
HIV among adolescents in the United States
Obesity in adolescents
Cardiovascular complaints in adolescence: clinical considerations
Asthma in adolescents
Endocrine disorders in adolescents
Musculoskeletal injuries in adolescents: a sports medicine model
Headaches in adolescents
Chronic pain in adolescents: physiological and psychological bases for pain.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-4614-6633-4
OCLC:
842363080

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