CHAPTER 8 Adolescent and Gender-Specific Issues Chapter Outline General Conditions Acne Vulgaris Cosmetic-Related Skin Care Concerns Homosexuality Dental Caries Malocclusion, Orthodontia, and Braces Periodontal Disease Tattooing and Body Piercing Gender-Specific…
CHAPTER 10 Twenty-first Century Health Challenges Chapter Outline Backpack Complications Computer Ergonomics School Trends and Phenomena School Start Time and Adolescents Computer-Related Child Exploitation Commercialism of Public Schools Media and…
CHAPTER 3 Acute Conditions Chapter Outline Blepharitis Conjunctivitis Diaper Dermatitis Diarrhea Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) Erythema Infectiosum, Human Parvovirus Infection (Fifth Disease) Fever Frostbite Giardiasis Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Hepatitis…
CHAPTER 5 Mental Health Disorders Chapter Outline Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Oppositional Defiant Disorder Pervasive Developmental Disorders Autism Asperger’s Syndrome Rett Syndrome Pervasive Developmental Disorder–Not Otherwise Specified School Avoidance/Refusal and School…
CHAPTER 4 Selected Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence OVERVIEW One in five children and adolescents of any age in the United States (20%) suffers from a major psychiatric disorder that…
CHAPTER 7 Depressive Disorders OVERVIEW Happiness and unhappiness are appropriate responses to life events. When sadness, grief, or elation is extremely intense and the mood unduly prolonged, a mood disorder…
CHAPTER 9 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders OVERVIEW The word psychosis refers to symptoms that include hallucinations (seriously impaired perception, e.g., seeing, hearing, smelling something that is not there),…
CHAPTER 8 Bipolar Spectrum Disorders OVERVIEW Bipolar spectrum disorders are among the most serious of the neurobiological mental disorders that often leave people destitute; with shattered friendships, families, and partner…
