Today's teens are often referred to as Digital Natives due to their upbringing immersed in technological tools including smartphones and social media, while most of us who provide healthcare for this group remain at best, digital immigrants. These technologies present both new opportunities and challenges to teens' health, as well as their education and life experiences. Pediatricians can play a key role in helping teens and their families navigate critical issues such as balancing online and offline lives, as well as understand links between media and health. This issue of AM: STARS is meant to provide pediatricians with knowledge and updates so they feel prepared to have these conversations with patients and families in the busy clinical office setting. Topics Include: Cyberbullying Sexting Problematic Internet Usage Blogging Electronic Health Records Facebook Online Safety
Nearly 200 chapters cover physical growth and development...examination and laboratory screening...sexual development...puberty...obesity...sleep disorders...adolescent dermatology and much more.
Topics in Adolescent Sexuality include "Puberty," "Understanding Sexual Behaviors of Adolescents Within a Biopsychosocial Framework," "Development of Intimate Relationships in Adolescence," "Parental Influences on Adolescent Sexual ...
Thyroid Disease in Adolescents / Stephen A. Huang and Lawrence S. Neinstein Ch. 10. Diabetes Mellitus / Donald P. Orr Ch. 11. Gynecomastia / Alain Joffe Pt. III. Cardiovascular Problems Ch. 12.
AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews is the official publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Adolescent Health.
Subspecialty Update
The goal of this book is to provide pediatricians and primary care clinicians with a pharmacologic expertise in adolescent health issues.
Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews helps you stay up-to-date in key areas of current clinical practice This widely respected resource continues to deliver high-quality, evidence-based information needed for day-to-day diagnostic ...
Each chapter contains a case study to reinforce health care interventions. This is a compact, affordable resource for students and health professionals "on the front lines" alike.
Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews is the official journal of the AAP Section on Adolescent Health Care. This volume highlights achievements in adolescent health research and practice that are advancing the state of the art.
Don't miss this outstanding literature review on adolescent medicine from this country's foremost experts!