Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)

"Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social! cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of self-identity and autonomy. It is also, unfortunately, a period fraught with many threats to the health and well-being of adolesƯ cents and with substantial consequent impairment and disability. Many of the adverse health consequences experienced by adolescents are, to a large extent, the result of their risk behaviors. Many adolescents today, and perhaps an increasing number in the future, are at risk for death, disease, and other adverse health outcomes that are not primarily biomedical in origin. In general, there has been a marked change in the causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Previously, infectious diseases accounted for a disproƯ portionate share of adolescent morbidity and mortality. At present, however, the overƯ whelming toll of adolescent morbidity and mortality is the result of lifestyle practices"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Adolescents at Risk....Pages 1-4 Current Trends in Adolescent Health....Pages 5-34 Theories of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior....Pages 35-51 Tobacco Use....Pages 53-81 Disordered Eating....Pages 83-113 Alcohol Use....Pages 115-159 Drug Use....Pages 161-192 Suicide and Suicidal Behavior....Pages 193-224 Unintentional Injury....Pages 225-258 Delinquency....Pages 259-288 Adolescent Violence....Pages 289-312 Adolescent Pregnancy....Pages 313-332 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Including Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection....Pages 333-367 Runaway and Homeless Youths....Pages 369-391 Academic Underachievement and School Refusal....Pages 393-411 New Directions for Adolescent Risk Prevention and Health Promotion Research and Interventions....Pages 413-420 Back Matter....Pages 421-440 This reference provides a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health risk behaviors - such as smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, and AIDS among many others. Experts describe trends and changes in risk behaviors over time; illustrate theoretical models useful for understanding adolescent risk-taking behavior and developing preventive interventions; review the state-of-the-science with respect to prevention strategies for each risk behavior; and identify effective treatment modalities