Diabetes in adolescents
This topic looks at the changes that occur for adolescents physically, emotionally and socially and how these changes impact on living with the chronic disease diabetes mellitus type 1. More detailed information about ketoacidosis, hyperglycaemia ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Child development: 12-15 years
The early adolescent years are a time of rapid change physically, socially and emotionally. In all areas of life it is the beginning of your child's transition from childhood to adulthood and probably a bit of wandering in nobody's-land on the ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Angry adolescents
Living with a teenager can be a stressful time for parents. Often they seem to change overnight from friendly lovable children to difficult strangers. It is important to remember that you have put a lot of effort into earlier parenting and laying ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Depression in children
Everyone knows children can be sad and miserable at times in their lives. Family losses, personal disappointments and difficulties have an effect on them as well as on their parents and adolescent brothers and sisters. Until recently, we have ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Meningococcal C immunisation
Immunisation is one of those health areas that can be neglected by adolescents and young people. Maybe you thought it was all over and done with by the time you hit the teenage years. Wrong! It is important to know when you need to be immunised. ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Asthma in adolescence
Asthma in adolescence is common: up to one in 7 adolescents have wheezing some of the time. Asthma may start during the teenage years, or it may continue from a younger age. Because the teenage years are times of great changes for young people, ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Susan Shankle, MSW LISW-CP
SUSAN SHANKLE, MSW, LISW-CP, is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on the treatment of adolescents experiencing difficulty due to modern technology. She lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She has been featured in MSNBC.com ... [... more]
Random House |
Eric Vasallo
La Dra. Isabel Gómez-Bassols es la psicóloga hispana más reconocida de la radio. Tiene más de tres décadas de experiencia en consejería familiar y de adolescentes. Su hijo, Eric Vasallo, es el coautor de este [... more]
Harper Collins |
Ann F. Caron
Ann Caron, ED.D., is a psychologist and parenting expert and author of Don't Stop Loving Me: A Reassuring Guide for Mothers of Adolescent Daughters. She is a frequent lecturer and workshop leader. The mother of four sons and two daughters, she ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Tracey Seaman
Tracey Seaman, a single mom of two adolescents, is test kitchen director of Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine and has been a food editor, stylist, and recipe developer, whose credits include Food & Wine, Gourmet, Vegetarian Times, Martha ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Larry B. Silver, M.D.
Larry B. Silver, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist, is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Prior to his current appointment, he was acting director and deputy director of the ... [... more]
Random House |
Ruth Peters
For over twenty years, Dr. Ruth Peters has specialized in treating children, adolescents, and families in her private practice in Clearwater, Florida. The author of three previous books, A Simple Plan to Boost Your Kids' Grades and End the ... [... more]
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