AM:STARs Hot Topics in Adolescent Health
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AM:STARs Hot Topics in Adolescent Health

Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews, Vol 25 Number 2

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AM:STARs Hot Topics in Adolescent Health

Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews, Vol 25 Number 2

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AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews is the official publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Adolescent Health. Published 3 times per year, the journal offers adolescent medicine specialists and other primary care physicians who treat adolescent patients with state of the art information on all matters relating to adolescent health and wellness.This issue of AM:STARs, Hot Topics in Adolescent Health, presents a wide array of articles exploring some of the most exciting advances and controversies in adolescent health.  These topics and other evolving areas are presented to guide the reader toward providing state of the art clinical care to adolescents, as well as reviewing new research that will shape the future of adolescent health.Topics include: Nutritional and metabolic controversies including the diagnosis of gluten intolerance, vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome in adolescents, and the use of bariatric surgery to treat the comorbidities of adolescent obesity. New diagnostic considerations, including updated DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for mental health disorders such as mood dysregulation, eating disorders, and ADHD. Reproductive health advances including new diagnostic techniques and treatment regimens for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as the expanding use of long-acting reversible contraceptives.  New frontiers in adolescent medicine including office-based management of opiate addiction, support of gender nonconforming youth, and the use of mindfulness practices in the care of a variety of conditions. 

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Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics
Year
2014
ISBN
9781581108910
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Pediatric Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Vitamin D: Recent Recommendations and Discoveries
  3. Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults
  4. Update on HIV Testing, Management, and Prevention in Adolescents and Young Adults
  5. Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents
  6. Update on the Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections
  7. Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  8. Adolescents, Young Adults, and the Legalization of Marijuana
  9. Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives and Adolescents: Assessing Benefits and Overcoming Barriers
  10. Child and Adolescent Feeding and Eating Disorders and the DSM-5: A Brave New World
  11. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth
  12. Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Mood Dysregulation: Diagnostic Controversies
  13. Celiac Disease and Gluten-Related Disorders
  14. Implementation of Health Care Transition in Clinical Practice
  15. Metabolic Syndrom in Adolescents
  16. Mindfulness and Adolescence: A Clinical Review of Recent Mindfulness-Based Studies in Clinical and Nonclinical Adolscent Populations
  17. Twenty Questions About Media Violence and Its Effect on Adolescents
  18. Human Papillomavirus and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A Growing Epidemic
  19. Update on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  20. Index