Adolescent Health 2015

This course is one of the modules of the Postgraduate Certificate/MSc in Paediatrics and Child Health programme, but is is also offered here as a standalone short course for those of you who are not able to commit to completing the full PG Cert/MSc programme.

This module will cover adolescent medical, social and mental health problems, the approach to the adolescent patient and provision of medical services for adolescents including transitional care. A particular focus will be on the sexual and mental health of adolescents. Specific topics will include- ethical dilemmas and adolescent sexual health, common adolescent gynaecological problems for paediatricians, eating disorders in adolescents, detection of adolescent mental health problems for paediatricians (and GPs and other health professionals), how to set up an adolescent service, the adolescent with disability and causes and consequences of adolescent vulnerability.