Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic - London

Mental health ......................................................................................................................................27
The mental health of adolescents..........................................................................................................27
Defining and measuring mental health .....................................................................................27
Mental health problems in adolescence ...................................................................................28
Which adolescents have mental health problems? ....................................................................28
Interventions in adolescent mental health ...........................................................................................31
Promoting ‘emotional wellbeing’ ..............................................................................................31
Interventions in mental health disorders ..................................................................................31
The importance of intervention in adolescent mental health ...................................................33
Summary ..................................................................................................................................................33
Sexual health.......................................................................................................................................34
Adolescents and sexual health ...............................................................................................................34
Sexual health and sexual activity in adolescence ......................................................................34
Adolescents and STIs................................................................................................................35
Adolescents and ‘teenage pregnancy’........................................................................................35
Which adolescents experience teenage pregnancy and STIs? ...................................................36
Interventions in adolescent sexual health.............................................................................................38
Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in adolescent sexual health.........................................39
Education .................................................................................................................................39
Public health campaigns ...........................................................................................................40
Improving access to services.....................................................................................................40
Screening ..................................................................................................................................41
Targeted interventions..............................................................................................................41
Helping adolescent parents ......................................................................................................42
Summary ..................................................................................................................................................42
Interventions in adolescent health ......................................................................................................43
Early intervention .....................................................................................................................43
Targeted intervention ..............................................................................................................43
Education .................................................................................................................................43
Improving access to health services..........................................................................................43
Clinical interventions................................................................................................................44
Multifacted interventions .........................................................................................................44
Multiprofessional interventions................................................................................................45
Structural and environmental change .......................................................................................45
The way forward .................................................................................................................................46
Annex 1...............................................................................................................................................48
BMA policy on adolescent health ..........................................................................................................48
References ..........................................................................................................................................50
British Medical Association Adolescent health vii