title: Counseling the high-risk adolescent.
abstract: Interviewing and counseling high-risk adolescents provides a challenge to nurse practitioners. The problems of poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and low self-esteem overlay other characteristics of risk, making assessment and management of the adolescent's problems complex and difficult. Survey data, obtained in this study on adolescent risk-taking, suggest that violence, aggression, and thrill-seeking behaviors are increasingly common. The finding is supported by current national statistics on adolescents. A case study is used to show the process of gathering information on home and educational settings that can provide insight into family dysfunction and specific problem behaviors.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Busen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking