Adolescence and Health (Understanding Adolescence)

ISBN 10: 0470092076 / ISBN 13: 9780470092071

Published by Wiley, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adolescence and Health (Understanding Adolescence)
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470092076
• ISBN 13: 9780470092071
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 256 Publisher: John Wiley Is Getting worseDo adolescents adolescent health need to take risks to grow and developWhat. is at least a Healthy Lifestyle for a young personAdolescence and Health is the first comprehensive text to consider all aspects of young people's health in the context of their lifestyles and recent major social changes. considering questions such as: Is adolescent health getting worse Do adolescents need to take risks to grow and develop What is a healthy lifestyle for a young personAdolescence and Health begins by examining topics such as sexuality. eating disorders. and the use or abuse of substances. and then moves on to wider discussions including the best way to promote health or provide clinical services to a group who are neither fully adult nor children.Following the surge in health initiatives to focus on young peo...

About the Author

Dr John Coleman O.B.E. is Founder of the Trust for the Study of Adolescence. He has written widely in this field, and is the former editor of the Journal of Adolescence. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford.

Professor Leo B. Hendry is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen, and Research Professor in Psychology at the Centre for Lifespan Research, University of Glamorgan, Wales.

Professor Marion Kloep is Professor of Psychology at the Centre for Lifespan Research, University of Glamorgan, Wales.

All three have published numerous books and research papers in the field of adolescence.