Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Disease in Adolescence A Guide to Integrative Care /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Donohue, William T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Emergency medicine.; Psychiatry.; Psychology, clinical.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Health Psychology.; Primary Care Medicine.; Child and School Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87687-0

Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Disease in Adolescence A Guide to Integrative Care Edited by William ODonohue and Lauren Woodward Tolle Adolescence is typically fraught with problems, even under optimal conditions. And when chronic illness is added to the picture, medical and related social issues...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 - Basic Issues
• Adolescence and chronic disease
• An introduction to Adolescent Developmental psychology
• Unique considerations with treating adolescents
• Adolescent physiology
• Family psychology
• Ethical issues in treating adolescents
• Taking care of the practitioner
• Part 2  Integrated Care Practice Guidelines
• Type 1 Diabetes
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Asthma
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Epilepsy
• Recurrent headaches
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Cancer
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Chronic Renal Disease
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• HIV/AIDS
• Measuring Adolescent Quality of Life.