Adolescent Substance Experimentation and Abuse Richard Heyman MD, FAAP INTRODUCTION The use of mind-altering substances is arguably the most significant and dangerous risk behavior that adolescents exhibit. While the use…
The Addicted Newborn Daniel Rauch MD INTRODUCTION Drug abuse, a well-documented problem found in all socioeconomic groups, knows no cultural boundaries. It does not spare pregnant women; in fact, pregnancy…
Eating Disorders Enitza D. George MD INTRODUCTION Eating disorders are those in which an individual is preoccupied excessively with body weight or shape or in which food intake is grossly…
School Problems Herschel R. Lessin MD INTRODUCTION It is an all too common scenario: The primary care provider is conducting an annual health maintenance examination on a school-age child. As…
The Intellectually Gifted Child Phyllis Aldrich AB, MA, SDA INTRODUCTION The phenomenon of a “gifted child” is one of the most misunderstood and underdiagnosed conditions throughout the western world. Claims…
Asperger’s Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Joseph P. Damore JR., MD INTRODUCTION Pediatric primary care providers are in the enviable position of watching children grow and develop from infancy through…
The Physically Challenged Child Aleksandra Alderman MD INTRODUCTION The term “physically challenged child” indicates that a child has a limitation in performance of motor function. This term encompasses a wide…
The Premature and Low–Birth-Weight Infant David M. De Iulio MD, FAAP Steven J. Kovacs MD, FAAP Wendy McKenney MS, ARNP INTRODUCTION Since the advent of neonatology in the early 1960s,…
The Challenged Family: Issues and Insights Janet Brandt RN, MS, FNP-C INTRODUCTION Childhood disability results in 26 million office visits and 5 million hospital days annually (Newacheck & Halfon, 1998)….
