Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners / Julie Anne Laser, Nicole Nicotera ; series editor's note by Nancy Boyd Webb ; foreword by Jeffrey M. Jenson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenges in clinical work with adolescents: an overview -- The push-pull of adolescent development -- Resilience in adolescence -- Internal assets and individual attributes associated with healthy adolescent outcomes / Tom Luster -- The family environment / Douglas Davies -- The school environment -- The neighborhood environment -- Media influences -- Assessment and intervention at each ecological level : a case illustration / Julie Anne Laser, Nicole Nicotera, Tom Luster and Douglas Davies -- Substance abuse / Julie Anne Laser, George Stuart Leibowitz, and Nicole Nicotera -- Sexual orientation and gender identity development -- Mental health issues : depressive symptoms, personality disorders, suicidal behavior, and self-injurious behavior -- Sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS, and pregnancy / Julie Anne Laser, Shannon Sainer, and Nicole Nicotera -- Delinquency / Julie Anne Laser, George Stuart Leibowitz, and Nicole Nicotera -- The joys of working with adolescents.