Adolesents

Question 1

What is the WHO definition of the age of an adolesent?

Answer 1

10-19

Question 2

What is the WHO definition of the age of a youth?

Answer 2

15-24

Question 3

What is the WHO definition of the age of a young person?

Answer 3

10-24

Question 4

What are the changes in the brain during adolesence?

Answer 4

increase in myelination between the cortext and the brain. This gives a faster connection and clearer thinking

Question 5

What brain skills do adolesents develop?

Answer 5

abstract thinking
identity development
morality

Question 6

What are developmental stages assessed using?

Answer 6

Sexual maturation and growth
Thinking
Education/eployment
Peers/parents

Question 7

What are the laws for consensual sex?

Answer 7

if under 16: they can consent as long as they are competent, but it is unlawful to consent
if under 13: cannot consent to sex

Question 8

What are the guidelines regarding authorising treatment in scotland?

Answer 8

if a competent patient under 16 refuses treatment, a parent cannot consent for that treatment to go ahead

Question 9

What is an ACE score?

Answer 9

Adverse childhood experiences

Question 10

What does an ACE score comprise?

Answer 10

questions regarding: physical, emotional and social abuse
physical and emotional neglect
household issues e.g. mental illness, divorce, domestic abuse, substance abuse, incarcerated relative

Question 11

What does 4+ on your ACE score signify for you in later life?

Answer 11

high risk drinker
teenage pregnancy
commited violence
use/abuse drugs 
toxic stress which leads to CVD disease and other health conditions