Patrick Heaven

Adolescent Health (eBook, ePUB)

The Role of Individual Differences

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Adolescence is one of the most turbulent yet exciting phases in life. Increased autonomy brings with it new health risks ranging from drugs and sexually transmitted disease, to eating disorders and suicidal depression. Even though todays teenagers are more concerned with and educated about their health than any previous generation, they still engage in risky behaviour.

Adolescent Health explores how individual differences contribute to health and illness across a wide range of cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. Patrick Heaven blends the latest research findings from a range of sources with practical suggestions on how to improve health care services for adolescents. Adolescent Health will prove valuable to professionals working with young people, social science students and parents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134820290
• Artikelnr.: 42684144

Autorenporträt

Patrick C. L. Heaven is Senior Lecturer in psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His previous publications include Contemporary Adolescence: A Social Psychological Approach (1994); Adolescence: An Australian Perspective (1990, edited by Heaven and Callan) and Life Span Development (1992, edited).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables. Foreword by Dr C. Peterson. Preface. Chapter 1. General Introduction: Introduction
Definitions of Health
Conceptions of illness and health among adolescents
Adolescence: a period of health risk
Summary Chapter 2. Health Education: Introduction
Adolescent injury and disease
Health education strategies
Adolescent health services
Models of health behaviour
Summary Chapter 3. Stress and Coping: Introduction
The Nature of Stress
Stress during the adolescent years
Types of stressors
Causes and correlates of adolescent stress
Coping with stress
Summary Chapter 4. Body Image and Eating Behaviours: Introduction
Controlling ones weight
Self-perceptions of body image
Eating disorders
The treatment of eating disorders
Summary Chapter 5. Sex and AIDS: Introduction
Sexual development
Attitudes to sex
Sexual behaviours and condoms
Predicting condom use
Summary Chapter 6. Substance abuse: Alcohol
Cigarettes and Other Drugs: Introduction
Patterns of substance abuse
Syndrome of problem behaviour
Theoretical perspectives
Summary Chapter 7. Mental Health: Schizophrenia
Depression and Suicide: Introduction
Schizophrenia
Depression
Suicide
Summary Chapter 8. Lifestyle
Exercise and Diet: Introduction
The concept of lifestyle
Exercise and fitness
Diet and health
Attitudes to food and nutrition
Psychological predictors of a healthy lifestyle
Changing lifestyle
Summary Chapter 9. Concluding Comments: Introduction
Empowerment
Improving Health services for adolescents.