Contents Part 1 I Part 2 I Part 3 I Part 4 I Part 5 I Part 6
Introduction - Dr Diana Birch - Director Youth Support Opening Address - Professor Roger Tonkin Youth Empowerment - Illusion or reality?
Mental Health and Behaviour Problems - Chaired by Professor Eric Taylor Bonnie’s story - read by Laura Clarke. Peter Wilson - “What is mental health in Adolescence” Chris Hollis - “Mental Illness in Adolescence” (transcript not available) Troy Tranah “Juvenile Delinquency” Dr Ueli Buhlmann - “Emotional Issues in Therapy” Patrick Alvin - “Teenage Suicide - a challenge to common ideas” A personal story - Carol Kremer - A Story
Health & Physical Challenge - Chaired by Professor Neville Butler Dr Aidan MacFarlane - “Substance Abuse” Dr Frank Besag - “Epilepsy in Adolescence” Anne Philpott - “A white coat and sensible shoes” - young women’s sexual health. Dr Rosemary Kirkman ; Maggie Flint - “Y-Wait” Dr Elizabeth Heycock - “A young person’s confidential Health record”
Teenage pregnancy and sexuality - Chaired by Pramilla Senenayake Dr Diana Birch “Are you my sister, Mummy?” - The Youth Support Experience. Introduced by Dr Fay Hutchinson Dr Fay Hutchinson - Contraception and Sexual Education in the Nineties. Dr Pamela Gilles - Young People’s sexuality ; Promises and prospects. Dr Nona Dawson - The Education needs of young mothers. Diana Noble and Dr Gillian Vanhegan - What young people want. Dr Chris Wilkinson - Providing an STD service for Youth Muriel O’Driscoll - Psychosexual Counselling - Sexual Orientation.
Social and Behavioural Challenges in Adolescence - Chaired by Ann Sutton Paul Griffiths - ‘Needs of young people - the role of voluntary agencies’ Dr Leon Polnay - ‘Needs of Young People in Residential Care’ Laura Gamble - Recreational Drug Use Christine Ferron - School Drop Outs Dr Aggrey Burke - ‘The challenge of race - the outcome of teenage pregnancies’ Keith Drinkwater - Young People Running Away.
Part 6
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