Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course the learner will:
1. be familiar with the basic principles of social adolescent medicine
2. know the main axes of the intercultural health care of adolescents
3. be familiar with epidemiological data describing health indicators in adolescence
4. know the main psychosocial issues concerning the adolescent
5. come into contact with the social ramifications of the family structure in adolescence
6. become familiar with violence and juvenile delinquency
Course Content (Syllabus)
Violence at school – Juvenile delinquency
• School context and violence
•Juvenile delinquency
• Bullying – Cyberbullying
• Abuse
• Teenagers and Gangs
Teenagers, Media and Social Media
• Mass Media and Adolescent
• Technology and Adolescent
• Internet and Teen
• Social Media and the Adolescent
Addictions in Adolescence
• Alcoholism
• Use of addictive substances
• Pathological Gambling
• Gaming Disorder
Psychosocial Issues in Adolescence
• Divorce in Adolescent Life – Conflict Divorces
• Divorce, Separation and Blended Family
• The Adolescent and Loss in the Family
• Illness and Disability in Adolescence – Special Needs
• The Stigma of Mental Disorders in adolescents
• Promotion of adolescent mental health
• Adolescent protection services
Adolescents and Family in Special Conditions
• Adolescents and Adoption
• Adolescent Immigrants
• Adolescent Refugees
• Adolescents in Institutions
• Adolescents in Reformatory or Prison
• Adolescents in Foster Care
• Adolescents and Work
Keywords
teenager, adolescence, society, family, addiction, violence, delinquency