PhD Adolescent Health

In our country, specialized health services are offered for childhood, adulthood and elder periods. However, adolescent services are inadequate. There is a need for manpower which is necessary to protect and improve adolescent health, to provide adolescent-specific health care services, and to teach adolescent health and illnesses before and after graduation during medical education. Also, considering the high population of adolescents and youth in our country, there is a need to develop public health policies for the health of future generations by taking into account the country and world problems in the adolescent period. The adolescent period is a long period, covering the age range of 10-19 (now considered to be 21 years old) with the definition of WHO and covers many physical and psychosocial changes and problems, including transition from childhood to adulthood. Adolescents should pass these changes in a healthy way and prevent risky behaviors, physical ( short height, puberty problems, breast diseases, gynecomastia, gynecological and obstretric diseases, abnormal uterine bleeding, varicocele, eating disorders, obesity, dermatological problems, orthopedic problems, athlete's health , and other chronic diseases) and psychological diseases (anxiety, depression, psychosis and other psychiatric diseases, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, addictions, neglect and abuse, suicide, substance use, somatoform disorders), social problems (school failure, social isolation, healthy communication, coping and saying goodness skills, preventing risky behavior).