Working with Adolescents and Young Adults in General Practice

This book provides a quick and accessible resource for managing common issues pertinent to adolescents and young adults in the community, ensuring age-appropriate healthcare delivery to this distinct and vulnerable group with complex and unique needs. Providing high-quality care to this population requires knowledge and understanding of a broad range of considerations, including managing and promoting pubertal development, identity formation, chronic non-communicable diseases, substance use, violence, adolescent pregnancy, sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, and mental health disorders, all of which are addressed here. Key Features: - Focused on the primary areas of concern for family physicians when working with this patient group - Provides a structured approach to addressing the key components of adolescent and young adult health and well-being, including exercise, sleep, and nutrition, and when to refer - Includes invaluable guidance to ensure appropriate support for vulnerable sub-populations including those with mental health disorders, child soldiers, and asylum-seeking or trafficked youth Practical and accessible, with an international perspective, this book equips family physicians, general practitioners, and the wider healthcare team to care effectively for adolescents and young adults in primary care settings.

Pierre-Paul Tellier is a family physician working in Montreal and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at McGill University. He is the co-founder of the WONCA Special Interest Group in adolescent health and a founding member of the Family Medicine Education Research group of the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University. Muna Chowdhury is a family physician, founder of the Thrive Youth Clinic, and an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Maria Veronica Svetaz is a Faculty Family Medicine and Adolescent Health Specialist physician at HCMC Department of Family and Community Medicine and an assistant professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

1. Adolescence and Puberty: Stages of Development and Identity Formation 2. Age-Appropriate Care of the Adolescent and Young Adult in the Office 3. Supporting Teens and Parents of Teens: The Triadic Collaboration 4. Managing Chronic Health Issues 5. Asthma in Adolescents 6. Neurodivergent Adolescence 7. Adolescent Mental Health 8. Disordered Eating: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Outpatient Management 9. Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health 10. Adolescent Athletes 11. Marginalized Youth 12. Substance Use Disorders 13. Exercise, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Adolscent Athlete