Salem Health: Adolescent Health & Wellness, Second Edition

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Adolescent Health & Wellness, Second Edition is an overview of and guide through the exciting and exacerbating, confident and confusing, and triumphant and despairing years from puberty through young adulthood. This title is designed to address three major areas that typically affect adolescents: physical and emotional issues; non-health topics with tremendous potential impact, like safe sex, paying for college, bullying, and leadership; and socially relevant issues, like shopping locally and recycling. 

Marked by extremes and contrasts, adolescence is where the importance of being a part of a family is seemingly eclipsed by being apart from that same family. The challenges adolescents face are paralleled by the challenges of their adult caregivers: when to let life’s lessons do the instruction; when to hold to zero tolerance; when to call for another lap. Adolescent Health & Wellness, Second Edition is both a review of most adolescent topics and a guide over those fogged waters. 

Topics have been divided loosely into a range of categories: 

• Critical Skills
• Staying Safe
• Diversity
• Grief and Loss
• Going Online
• Disabilities and Disorders
• Relationships
• Skills for Success 
• Your Emotional and Mental Health
• Health and Illness
• Going Green
• Infections
• Nutrition and Staying Fit
• Sex and Sexual Health
• Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictions
• Advice from Teens to Teens
• Health Myths
• Vaccines and Vaccinations
• Your Body

This updated second edition includes over 500 articles. All entries have been reviewed by our team of medical experts to ensure that the most up-to-date information on health issues affecting adolescents is included.  Essays range from one to eight pages and address health issues, mental health, relationships, social issues, and so much more.

Dozens of new entries have also been added to the set including:

Family Dynamics Fear of Missing Out Gossip Internet Addiction Nonbinary & Nonidentifying Gender Social Media and Depression Texting Addiction Violence in Schools

Articles are designed to be easily accessible to teens. Each article includes a summary of the topic, followed by clear, concise text, thoughtfully punctuated with helpful subheads.  Lists of sources in Further Reading and See Also sections are also provided, helping to guide the reader to supplemental material throughout the work.

Now printed in full color, these volumes feature hundreds of interesting photographs and images that are designed to bring the concepts discussed in each article to life, enriching the reader's understanding of each topic. 

Additionally, four glossaries are provided to help the reader fully understand terms and phrases discussed in each topic:

• Psychological Terms
• Green Terms
• Healthy Eating Terms
• Prescription Drug Terms

The glossaries are followed by a list of 150 Websites and Organizations relevant to adolescents, young adults, and their young adult network, as well as a Mediagraphy section with more than 50 films and books with adolescent themes and characters, all with detailed descriptions. Finally, a thorough Subject Index helps readers navigate this comprehensive resource.

No other general reference dedicated to the health and wellness of adolescents is this complete or up-to-date. Geard towards students, and accessible to their reading level, this resource offers comprehensive and helpful coverage that will benefit those researching healthy habits, relationship advice, diseases and disorders, social media concerns, mental health issues, and so much more. 

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