title: The unwanted pregnancy in adolescence.
abstract: The unwanted pregnancy in adolescence is a crisis during which the adolescent woman often seeks help from an agency or physician. Frequently the option chosen is termination by therapeutic abortion. This option should be offered in a nonjudgmental manner with an attempt to understand and monitor the adolescent's emotional status. Psychiatric consultation should be sought only under specific circumstances is described which will help the adolescent with unwanted pregnancy resolve this life crisis constructively.
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States