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Introduction and the Wellness Imperative with Adolescent Behavioral Health

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Health psychology as a field is focused on the intricate and complex balance between physical and psychological health and disease. While there is a large body of literature dedicated to the study of health psychology, research on both mental and physical health intervention and outcome in adolescents has historically been neglected (Williams, Holmbeck, & Greenley, 2002). This comprehensive handbook seeks to fill this gap by covering a wide range of topics that fall under five general categories: general issues in adolescent health psychology, the developmental processes that occur during adolescence, treatment and training of professionals as each relate to adolescent health psychology, mental health and adolescents, and physical health and adolescents. In this introductory chapter we focus on the following: child/adolescent well-visits as being health-promoting and preventative (both of which appear as themes throughout the book); screening in primary care; preventative interventions in adolescence; and public health crises affecting adolescents. The organization of the handbook is also reviewed.

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O’Donohue, W.T., Benuto, L.T., Woodward Tolle, L., Payne, L., Davis, R. (2013). Introduction and the Wellness Imperative with Adolescent Behavioral Health. In: O'Donohue, W., Benuto, L., Woodward Tolle, L. (eds) Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6633-8_1

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