Adolescence

We've moved on from childhood into adolescence. For some reason, I don't find this stuff as interesting, but I do think it's important. Adolescence should be a time of optimal health; after all, the teens and twenties are the prime of life after the vulnerability of childhood and before the onset of chronic diseases. As would be expected, morbidity and mortality is not due to biologic disease per se, but more from motor vehicle accidents, suicide, and homicide. As a result, the adolescent assessment focuses a lot on psychosocial aspects of health (HEADSSS) as well as puberty and contraception. Although it's not as interesting to me (it's very fuzzy), I'm enjoying it more than expected.