MeSH

A person 13 to 18 years of age.

Longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the United States during the 1994-95 school year. The Add Health cohort has been followed into young adulthood. (from http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth accessed 08/2012)

Year introduced: 2014

The continuous sequential physiological and psychological changes during ADOLESCENCE, approximately between the age of 13 and 18.

Year introduced: 2004

Nutritional physiology of children aged 13-18 years.

Year introduced: 2009 (1993)

Organized services to provide health care to adolescents, ages ranging from 13 through 18 years.

Year introduced: 1992

An adolescent who is receiving long-term in-patient services or who resides in an institutional setting.

Year introduced: 1983

Adolescent hospitalized for short term care.

Year introduced: 1983

Field of psychology involving the study of normal and abnormal behavior of adolescents. It includes mental processes as well as observable responses.

Year introduced: 1967

The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in individuals 13-18 years.

Year introduced: 1967

A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period of ADOLESCENCE.

Year introduced: 1980

Any observable response or action of an adolescent.

Year introduced: 1981

The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of ADOLESCENTS.

Year introduced: 2016

The study of NUTRITION PROCESSES as well as the components of food, their actions, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease of children, infants or adolescents.

Year introduced: 2007

Consumption of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES by persons under the legal drinking age.

Year introduced: 2016

A type of juvenile osteochondrosis affecting the fibrocartilaginous disc (INTERVERTEBRAL DISC) in the thoracic or thoracolumbar region of the SPINE. It is characterized by a forward concave SPINAL CURVATURE or KYPHOSIS.

Year introduced: 2009(1963)

BODY MASS INDEX in children (ages 2-12) and in adolescents (ages 13-18) that is grossly above the recommended cut-off for a specific age and sex. For infants less than 2 years of age, obesity is determined based on standard weight-for-length percentile measures.

Year introduced: 2014

Pregnancy in human adolescent females under the age of 19.

Year introduced: 1979

SPORTS activities designed and/or organized for CHILDREN or YOUTH.

Year introduced: 2016

A developmental deformity in which the metaphysis of the FEMUR moves proximally and anteriorly away from FEMUR HEAD (epiphysis) at the upper GROWTH PLATE. It is most common in male adolescents and is associated with a greater risk of early OSTEOARTHRITIS of the hip.

Year introduced: 2012

A disorder characterized by the onset of myoclonus in adolescence, a marked increase in the incidence of absence seizures (see EPILEPSY, ABSENCE), and generalized major motor seizures (see EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC). The myoclonic episodes tend to occur shortly after awakening. Seizures tend to be aggravated by sleep deprivation and alcohol consumption. Hereditary and sporadic forms have been identified. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p323)

Year introduced: 2000