It is more than just a reproductive healthcare visit: experiences from an adolescent medicine clinic.

The gynecologist may be the only physician that an adolescent depends on for primary and reproductive healthcare services. Because adolescent females often make personal healthcare decisions without the benefit of supportive parents/caregivers, it is imperative that the gynecologist understands the developmental issues encountered during this phase of life. The objective of this study is to identify cited complaints of adolescent females seeking reproductive care and, thus, provide gynecologists with needed information about the medical/mental health issues that may be encountered during routine reproductive care exams.

Depression in pregnant adolescents: considerations for treatment.

Pregnancy in adolescents continues to be a major public health concern in the US. Depression in adolescent females, is also a major health concern. Adolescence is a time of rapid metabolic, hormonal, physiologic, and developmental changes, and when the physiologic and psychological changes that occur during pregnancy are superimposed upon normal developmental changes, a complex medical picture may emerge which can include depressive symptomatology.

Brazilian medical school student impressions of the graduate training in adolescent medicine.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to identify expectations, difficulties, skills, and attitudes of students during graduate training in adolescent medicine.

Methods: We obtained data by means of questionnaires completed by medical students, in their first and last day of practical training in an adolescent outpatient clinic.

Results: Among 103 students, we identified the following feelings: inappropriate/insufficient previous knowledge; difficulties in providing care assistance; good expectancy and intention to work with adolescents; and physician/patient relation as crucial to learning.

Adolescent health care in a teaching service: the point of view of the patients.

Unlabelled: The study compared adolescents' expectations before medical consultations with their opinions obtained after the consultations and identified features related to satisfaction with medical care provided by medical students.

Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study in a primary health care service from a medical school in Brazil. Assessment instruments: before and after consultation questionnaires.

Obesity, hypertension, and mental health evaluation in adolescents: a comprehensive approach.

The global epidemic of childhood and adolescent obesity in developing and developed countries has become a major public health concern. Given the relation between obesity and hypertension as documented in several landmark studies, it is no surprise that as the prevalence of obesity has increased in the pediatric population, the rates of hypertension have also increased substantially. Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and stroke; therefore, evaluation and initiation of appropriate treatment are extremely important in the pediatric population.

From healing the whole person: an argument for therapeutic touch as a complement to traditional medical practice.

The growing popularity and use of therapeutic touch (TT) is an issue that has generated controversy and concern within the medical community. While anecdotal and traditional scientific evidence suggest that TT would be an advantageous addition for clinics and hospitals to include in their armamentarium of complementary interventions within the realm of traditional medicine, TT has not become widely available in the U.S.

Holistic health: does it really include mental health?

Holistic health, incorporating mind and body as equally important and unified components of health, is a concept utilized in some health care arenas in the United States (U.S.) over the past 30 years.

Navigating adolescence with a chronic health condition: a perspective on the psychological effects of HAIR-AN syndrome on adolescent girls.

HAIR-AN syndrome is a subphenotype of polycystic ovary syndrome and is characterized by acne, obesity, hirsutism, and acanthosis nigricans. It usually manifests in early adolescence, a time of significant developmental change in females across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains. We contend that adolescent development for females is difficult, even in the best of circumstances, and having a chronic health condition, like HAIR-AN syndrome, will likely impact the afflicted individual's development and psychological well-being.

Incidence of galactorrhea in young women using Depot-Medroxyprogesterone Acetate.

Galactorrhea is rarely mentioned as a possible side effect of the use of Depot-Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA). Over the last few years, we have noticed an increased number of patients complaining of galactorrhea. A review of clinical data showed that between 1999 and 2005, 360 adolescents in our clinic used DMPA for at least 6 months.

Infatuation and Attraction to a Dissimilar Other: Why is Love Blind?

The present experiment attempted to increase understanding of the "love is blind" phenomenon. White male American undergraduates exposed to an infatuation induction with an attitudinally dissimilar female confederate showed greater attraction to her than unexposed control subjects. The use of a misattribution-of-arousal manipulation eliminated this difference in attraction between the infatuation induction and control groups, thereby providing support for the role of positive emotional arousal in creating attraction toward the dissimilar other in the infatuation condition.