Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology by WilliamT ODonohue

Handbook of Adolescent Health PsychologyAuthor(s): William T. O'Donohue, Lorraine T. Benuto, Lauren Woodward Tolle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., United States\nImprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.\nISBN-13: 9781461466321, 978-1461466321\nSynopsis\nAdolescence is a pivotal period of development with respect to health and illness. It is during adolescence that many positive health behaviors are consolidated and important health risk behaviors are first evident; thus, adolescence is a logical time period for primary prevention. In addition, the predominant causes of morbidity and mortality in adolescence are quite different from those of adults, indicating that early identification and treatment of adolescent health problems must be directed to a unique set of targets in this age group. Moreover, because of the particular developmental issues that characterize adolescence, intervention efforts designed for adults are often inappropriate or ineffective in.