Highly regarded as the go-to-resource of adolescent medicine for over 30 years, this title remains the #1 choice for those involved in the care of adolescents and young adults. The 6th Edition delivers practical, authoritative guidance on everything from normal development to legal issues, psychosocial care, and special populations. Extensive updates include the addition of young adult health care; a new color design; numerous new chapters; more algorithms, photos, and bulleted text; and fresh perspectives from new senior and associate editors. Ideal for daily practice or board preparation and recommended by the American College of Physicians for their internal medicine library. For pediatricians, family practitioners, gynecologists, internists, house staff, nurse practitioners, PAs, residents, medical students, and fellows, as well as school-based clinics, college health centers, juvenile detention centers, pediatric ERs, and other facilities for adolescents and young adults.