Second year presentation

1. Pia
Jessica
Chris

2.  Age: 16
 Parents?
 Description:
 Overweight
 Pale

3.  Adolescence has traditionally been considered a time of
conflict and turmoil. G. Stanley Hall, the first person to
study adolscence scientiffically, describe it as a period of
’Storm and stress’ as well as of great physical, mental and
emotional change. Currently, many clinical psychologists
and psychoanalytic theorists still describe adolescence as a
time of psychological disturbance, though some studies of
typical adolescents suggest that the extent of adolescent
disturbance has been exaggerated (Conger, 1977)
 Ann Birch, Developmental Psycholgy: From Infancy to
Adulthood 2nd Ed. Palgrave Houndsmills,
Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. 1997. p. 203)

4.  Demeanor:
 Avoids eye contact
 Indifferent
 Brief answers with non-emotional response
 Issues:
 Underage Drinking/partying frequently/drinks in excess
 Sexually active with older men
 Second Pregnancy: Protection? Father Unknown?
 Doesn’t want parents contacted, why?

5.  Issue: Abortion
 Questions needed to be answered:
 How far along is the pregnancy?
 Age and the laws of Finland (legalities incase of a
minor and parental notification?)?
 Does the father of the child need to be involved?
 How old was she when she had her first pregnancy?

6. Home life?
Does she live with parents?
Are basic needs met?
What is the situation at home (relationships, abuse?)
Any recent health checkups?
Does she attend school regularly?

7.  Self esteem?
 What kind of friends she has (influences)?
 What kind of activities is she involved in?
 What are her values and goals in life?
”The value that individuals attach to their
personal qualities , answering the question
’How good am I?’ and thus relating to the
worthiness and competence an individual
experiences with respect to his or her personal
attributes.” (H. Rudolph Schaffer, Key
Concepts In Developmental Psychology, 2006.
Sage Publication Ltd. 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Rd.
London EC1Y 1SP. pg. 78)

8. Lily closed up emotionally needs someone to talk to.
Possibly looking for parental acceptance and
guidance with the relationships with older men.
Hangs out with wrong influences.
She needs help with underage drinking and
drunkeness (Peer pressure?).
Needs further lessons on safe sex.

9.  Description:
 At this stage, adolescents are in search of an identity that will lead them to adulthood.
Adolescents make a strong effort to answer the question "Who am I?" Erikson notes the
healthy resolution of earlier conflicts can now serve as a foundation for the search for an
identity. If the child overcomes earlier conflicts they are prepared to search for identity.
Did they develop the basic sense of trust? Do they have a strong sense of industry to
believe in themselves?
 Elements for a negative outcome:
 If the adolescent can not make deliberate decisions and choices, especially about
vocation, sexual orientation, and life in general, role confusion becomes a threat.
 Examples:
 Adolescents attempt to establish their own identities and see themselves as separate from
their parents.
Age: Adolescence --12 to 18 years
Conflict: Identity vs. Role Confusion
Important Event: Peer relationships

10.  Would like Setup counseling
 Would like for her to join support groups (for
teens in similar situation)
 Would like to setup an appointment in a sexual
education course.
 Would like to setup an appointment to see a
nutritionist/fitness expert (for better care of
herself)

11.  A 1985 study by researchers at the University of Minnesota of 3636 Minnesota rural high school students (grades 9-12,
average age 16.3) found that if a girl had undergone an abortion within the last 6 months she was 10 times more likely
to have attempted suicide than if she had not had an abortion in that period (4% of attempters had abortion vs. 0.4%
of non-attempters).
 If a girl had an abortion any time previously in her lifetime, she was about 6 times more likely to have attempted
suicide compared with girls who had not aborted (4% of attempters had abortions vs. 0.7% of non-attempters).
 Girls attempting suicide in general were more likely to be depressed, recently broken up with their boyfriend, have
come from disrupted, chaotic home environments and to have exhibited poor judgment in their use of birth control,
moral decisions, and academic achievement.
 According to Dr. Barry Garfinkel [chief author of the study, head of child and adolescent psychiatry, University of
Minnesota] the most important factors in teen suicide are impulsiveness, anger, and anxiety.
 The more tension, the more likely it is that adolescents will end their lives.
 At a press conference announcing the study results, Dr. Garfinkel was quoted as saying, "All too often we take these
events (abortions) as either producing an alleviation of stress or of being helpful to young people, and I think we have
to re-examine the issues."
 Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in Minnesota, Barry Garfinkel et al in Responding to High Risk
Youth, Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota (1986); Suicide, Minnesota Daily, 29Oct1986, p.3,16.
 [Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change Newsletter, vol 3, no 3, Fall 1990;
http://www.abortionresearch.us/]
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