30. Adolescent Health

Question 1

What characters are expressed in an immature prefrontal cortex?

Answer 1

Early adolescence 
Here and now focus
Winging it
Bullet proof mindset
Risk taking and impulsivity 
Egocentricity
Difficulty concentrating

Question 2

What factors are seen in a mature prefrontal cortex

Answer 2

Adulthood 
Abstract thinking
Planning and organising
Decision making
Reasoning
Cognitive flexibility 
Emotional regulation

Question 3

What is the key aspect of the brain that develops in adolescence?

Answer 3

Limbic system

Question 4

What is a great way of speaking to adolescents in social history

Answer 4

The jam threads of adolescents!

HEADSS

H- Home life
E- education (or employment)
A- activities
D- drugs/alcohol
S- sexuality 
S- suicide/self hand

Question 5

How can you assess the reason why adolescents and children don’t take medication

Answer 5

Good things about not taking
Bad things about not taking
Good things about taking
Bad things about taking

Do it as a diagram