1st Edition
Working with Adolescents and Young Adults in General Practice A Guide for Family Physicians
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
About the Editors
List of Contributors
1 Adolescence and Puberty: Stages of Development and Identity Formation
S.B. Udoh
2 Age-Appropriate Care of the Adolescent and Young Adult in the Office
Patricia Eseigbe
3 Supporting Teens and Parents of Teens: The Triadic Collaboration
Maria Veronica Svetaz
4 Managing Chronic Health Issues
Pierre-Paul Tellier
5 Asthma in Adolescents
Yousser Mohammad and Basim Dubaybo
6 Neurodivergent Adolescence
Roxana Sepúlveda-Morales
7 Adolescent Mental Health
Noor Azimah Muhammad and Puteri Shanaz Jahn Kassim
8 Disordered Eating: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Outpatient Management
Bryson Ensign and Aasna Gaur
9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rahima Alani and Sahra Nathoo
10 Adolescent Athletes
Marwa M. Ahmed
11 Marginalized Youth
Akeem Opeyemi Akinbode, Muna Chowdhury, and Pierre-Paul Tellier
12 Substance Use Disorders
Muna Chowdhury, Tijani I.A. Oseni, and Lillian N. Ozumba
13 Exercise, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Adolescent Athlete
Joy K. Mugambi
Index
Biography
Pierre-Paul Tellier is a family physician working in Montreal and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at McGill University. He is the co-founder of the WONCA Special Interest Group in adolescent health and a founding member of the Family Medicine Education Research group of the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University.
Muna Chowdhury is a family physician, founder of the Thrive Youth Clinic, and an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Maria Veronica Svetaz is a Faculty Family Medicine and Adolescent Health Specialist physician at HCMC Department of Family and Community Medicine and an assistant professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
