INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH

 

Volume 12, Nos. 2-3, April-September 2000

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIALS

      Substance abuse among adolescents Trends and milestones in adolescence

      Joav Merrick ...........100

REVIEW ARTICLES

      Child sexual abuse and adolescents

      Tamar Cohen ............103

      A review with future visions for child health services in Israel

      Joav Merrick, Gary Diamond and Dov Inbar ............115

      Prevalence of disabilities in adolescence

      Joav Merrick ...............127

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Neurobehavioural and neurophysiological effects of marijuana use among the adolescents in Birmingham, UK

      Ebere Anyanwu ...........141

      Attitudes of adolescents towards mental illness: A comparison between Hong Kong and Guangzhou samples

      Kai-Fong Chan and Y.N. Petrus Ng ...........159

      Gender differences among adolescent suicide attempters and nonattempters

      Martina Tomori and Bojan Zalar ...........177

      Existing health needs and related health services for adolescents in a slum community in Thailand

      Ratana Somrongthong and Chitr Sitthi-amorn ...........191

      An active educational program on prevention of AIDS in immigrant adolescents

      Michael Sandler ............205

      A retrospective study of adolescents visiting a Danish clinic for sexual disorders

      Else T. Munck ............215

      A follow-up study of criminality, murder and the cost of crime

      Colin Pritchard and Alan Butler ............223

TRENDS AND MILESTONES IN ADOLESCENCE

      Trends in adolescent suicide in Israel

      Joav Merrick .............245

      Trends in children with disabilities in Israel

      Joav Merrick and Rephael Drachman ...............249

BOOK REVIEWS .............. 253

CALENDAR of events ................256