basic consumer health information about adolescent growth and development, puberty, sexuality, reproductive health, and physical, emotional, social, and mental health concerns of teens and their parents, including facts about nutrition, physical activity, weight management, acne, allergies, cancer, diabetes, growth disorders, juvenile arthritis, infections, substance abuse, and more ; along with information about adolescent safety concerns, youth violence, a glossary of related terms, and a directory of resources /
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface -- Part 1: Overview Of Adolescent Health -- Chapter 1: Statistics on adolescent health in the United States -- Chapter 2: Key indicators of adolescent well-being -- Chapter 3: Physical and emotional changes in teens -- Chapter 4: Understanding adolescent brain development -- Chapter 5: Adolescent risk-taking -- Chapter 6: For parents: talking to teens about health issues -- Communicating with your teen -- Talking about substance abuse -- Talking about sex -- Chapter 7: For teens: talking to your parents or other adults -- Part 2: Staying Healthy During Adolescence -- Chapter 8: Medical care and your teen -- What to expect at the doctor's office -- Vaccines teens need -- Chapter 9: Nutrition recommendations for teens -- Chapter 10: Talking with your teen about healthy food choices -- Chapter 11: Calcium, vitamin d, and teens -- Facts about calcium -- Low vitamin D levels associated with several risk factors in teenagers -- Chapter 12: Teens and caffeine use -- Energy drinks: power boosts or empty boasts? -- Caffeine and teens' sleep -- Chapter 13: Physical activity and teens -- Tips to help teens increase physical activity -- Strength training in adolescents -- Sport specialization: advantages and disadvantages -- Chapter 14: Weight management in teens -- Understanding your teens body mass index measurement -- Helping your overweight child -- Chapter 15: Body image in youth -- For teens: developing body image and self-esteem -- Why do teens get plastic surgery? -- Chapter 16: Sleep and adolescents -- Is your teen sleep deprived? -- Sleep-smart tips for parents and teens -- Part 3: Puberty, Sexuality, And Reproductive Health -- Chapter 17: Overview of reproductive and sexual health trends in teens -- Chapter 18: Puberty and male sexual development -- Chapter 19: Male reproductive concerns -- How to do a testicular self-exam -- Disorders of the testes -- Gynecomastia (male breast development) -- Chapter 20: Puberty and female sexual development -- Chapter 21: Menstruation and the menstrual cycle -- Chapter 22: Female reproductive health concerns -- Breast and pelvic exams -- Premenstrual syndrome -- Menstrual irregularities -- Vaginal discharge concerns -- Vaginal yeast infections -- Chapter 23: Precocious and delayed puberty -- Precocious puberty -- Delayed puberty -- Chapter 24: Teaching teens about sexual activity -- Making healthy sexual decisions -- Facts on sex education in the United States -- Chapter 25: Sexually transmitted Diseases (STDs) and their prevention -- Frequently asked questions about STDs -- STD testing -- Vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus -- Practicing safer sex: what it means -- Talking to your partner about condoms -- Chapter 26: Understanding abstinence -- Chapter 27: Birth control methods (contraception) -- Chapter 28: Teen pregnancy -- Statistics on teen pregnancy in the United States -- Options for pregnant teens -- Prenatal care for pregnant teens -- Chapter 29: Understanding sexual orientation -- Chapter 30: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth -- Part 5: Common Health Concerns Of Teens And Their Parents -- Chapter 31: Dealing with a health problem -- Chapter 32: Acne -- Chapter 33: Allergies in adolescents -- Chapter 34: Asthma and teens -- Chapter 35: Cancer in childhood and adolescence -- Chapter 36: Diabetes in children and teens -- Chapter 37: Growing pains and growth disorders -- Growing pains -- Growth disorders -- Chapter 38: Juvenile arthritis -- Chapter 39: Infections often spread in schools -- Preventing influenza in schools -- Meningococcal infection on campus -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in schools -- Mononucleosis -- Staphylococcal infections in teens -- Chapter 40: Malocclusion, braces, and orthodontics -- Chapter 41: Scoliosis -- Scoliosis: a guide for teens -- Setting young spines straight -- Part 5: Emotional, Social, And Mental Health Concerns In Adolescents -- Chapter 42: Adolescent stress -- Chapter 43: School pressures -- Test anxiety -- Cheating -- Helping your child feel connected to school -- Chapter 44: Adolescent social development and concerns -- Developing friendships: tips to help your child -- Cliques -- Peer pressure -- Chapter 45: Facts about mental health disorders in youth -- Chapter 46: Treating mental health disorders in teens -- Chapter 47: Depression -- Depression in teens -- Antidepressants and teens -- Chapter 48: Other common mental health disorders affecting adolescents -- Anxiety disorders -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Bipolar disorder in children and teens -- Borderline personality disorder -- Conduct disorder -- Eating disorders -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- Schizophrenia in teens -- Tics and Tourette's syndrome in youth -- Chapter 49: Cutting and self-injury -- Chapter 50: Teen suicide -- Facts about teen suicide -- Risk factors and warning signs -- Part 6: Substance Abuse And Adolescents -- Chapter 51: Addiction and the adolescent brain -- Chapter 52: Treating teens for substance abuse -- Chapter 53: Smoking and nicotine use in adolescents -- Nicotine addiction -- Smokeless tobacco -- Hookah (water pipe) smoking -- Smoking and how to quit -- Chapter 54: Alcohol use in adolescents -- Why do adolescents drink, what are the risks, and how can underage drinking be prevented? -- Talk to your child about alcohol -- Chapter 55: Marijuana -- Chapter 56: Prescription medicine abuse -- Chapter 57: Inhalants -- Part 7: Adolescent safety concerns -- Chapter 58: Driving safety for teens -- Facts about teen drivers -- Technology and driving safety and risk -- Tips for teen drivers -- Chapter 59: Media, gaming, and internet safety -- How teens interact online -- Statistics about online sexual solicitation -- Computer and video game addiction -- Protecting teens privacy online -- Social networking sites: safety tips for teens -- Protecting your child from electronic aggression -- Chapter 60: Skin safety concerns -- Body piercing: a guide for teens -- Cosmetics: frequently asked questions -- Safe hair removal -- Risks of tanning -- Tattoos and teens -- Tinea infections: athlete's foot jock itch, and ringworm -- Chapter 61: Work safety for teens -- Chapter 62: Other teen safety concerns -- Adolescent sports injuries -- Noise and hearing damage -- Repetitive stress injuries in teens -- Part 8: Violence Against Adolescents -- Chapter 63: Youth violence: a public health problem -- Statistics on youth violence -- Youth violence risk and protective factors -- Warning signs of youth violence -- Chapter 64: Bullying and hazing -- Facts and statistics on bullying -- Effects of bullying and what teens can do to stop it -- What is hazing? -- Chapter 65: Choking games -- Chapter 66: Dating violence and abusive relationships -- Chapter 67: Sexual assault -- Chapter 68: Youth gangs and violence -- Chapter 69: Coping with violence and trauma -- Part 9: Additional Help And Information -- Chapter 70: Glossary of terms about adolescent health -- Chapter 71: Directory of adolescent health organizations for parents and teens -- Index.
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"Provides basic consumer health information about the physical, mental, and emotional health and development of adolescents. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publisher.
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Omnigraphics Inc, Po Box 625, Holmes, PA, USA, 19043