Adolescence

Historically, depression had been viewed as a condition that only affected older adults though, in recent years’ health professionals have recognized depression as a serious condition that also affects adolescence and young adults. Many people misunderstand or fail to recognize depression among youth. For instance, educators and parents sometimes think a child is not depressed simply due to the fact that he or she does not appear sad, but irritability is…

stage has its own characteristics but some are similar such as part of the transition to the next stage. Some of the characteristics of the adolescences are physic change, exploring of the personal identity, change in behavior, emotion changes, looks situation from their own perspective just to name a few. During young adult, little more mature than in adolescence, more independency, more active and healthy, focus on friendship. In middle adulthood, comes adaptation to new life, stability in…

events throughout the year. As this is the case, almost all individuals involved start becoming involved at a young age, often times around the age of six or seven. At this age, individuals are involved due to their parents. Around the age where adolescence begins, a child is able to articulate his or her thoughts and chose whether to continue to play certain sports or not. Throughout this time frame, one has many aspects and sides of arguments to follow regarding their participation in…

that are related to different age groups, this is social age. An example of social age is that in the United States most adolescence leave high school and transition into college. If someone waits or gets a job right out of high school than they are not following with their social age. As a nurse combining psychological age and social age when interacting with patients in adolescence or young adulthood could help put into perspective what lifestyle they lead by how they compare to peers, which…

Adolescence can be a particularly emotionally painful stage of development due to awakening hormones, and without assurances and good guidance the teenager could become confused, feel alienated, and emerge into young adulthood feeling isolated and unable to intimately commit to another person in a healthy way. Drug use during adolescence is associated with premature sexual promiscuity, academic failure, premature entry…

heightened need for certain nutrients as well as energy. This is important because your nutrient needs during adolescence is higher than any of the subsequent stages or the previous stage. Getting the right amount of nutrients and eating healthy play a big part in your growth as well as your development which can have varying effects on your later stages in life. Throughout early adolescence teens require a lot of calories to be more precise about 2,800 daily for boys and around 2,200 daily…

Concepts In the period of early adolescence, youth face various concepts in development. In the case study, Josh J. has many protective factors that will aid him in making healthy decisions in later development. In this section, the concepts that were reviewed in relation to Josh J. are depression and suicide, sexual decision-making, substance use and abuse, bullying, and his relationship with school. Depression and suicide. Josh J. is beginning to express a need for autonomy…

Make Lemonade is a young adult novel written in free verse that tells the story of Verna LaVaughn and her relationship with Jolly. In part I and II of Make Lemonade, the readers are introduced to Verna LaVaughn, a fourteen-year-old young lady looking to raise money to go to college. She responds to a babysitting ad posted by Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mom of two children. Verna babysits Jolly’s children, Jeremy and Jilly every day after school. As the novel progresses, Verna slowly…

Time in an unalterable force that affects all beings. When discussing humans, time acts as a guideline for growth, development, maturation, and eventual demise. At birth, everything is new and there is endless potential. There is a pureness and innocence that all humans possess at birth. Following birth is development. This stage is life I classified as a rapid evolution of the mind and body. Socialization occurs and humans begin to understand how to function in society. Most humans become…

Recently I was watching Beyond Scared Straight, a show that broadcasts a juvenile crime prevention program that takes place in prisons around the U.S. In this episode a 17-year-old boy, Jerahn, was facing up to 35 years in jail for credit card fraud. Many would agree and say yes that this boy being nearly an adult should be mindful of his own actions and deserves his sentence. While others,like myself, believe that he should receive a less severe punishment and not be tried as an adult. Each…