AAP News Vol. 1 No. 5 May 1985, p. 6
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Pediatricians cite rewards of treating adolescents

Why should pediatricians treat and counsel adolescents?

"The way many teenagers see it, their parents yell at them. Their teachers confuse them. Their coaches work them. And people of the opposite sex make them nervous," explains Edward Saltzman, M.D., FAAP, chairman of the AAP Council on Pediatric Practice. "Pediatricians can help them."

"Teens in our society have a tremendous number of problems that aren't being dealt with adequately," adds David Kaplan, M.D., FAAP, head of Adolescent Medicine at Denver Children's Hospital. He recites an inventory of adolescent problems: suicide, drugs, alcohol, school pressures and conflicts with parents.