title: The impact of parental divorce for adolescents: a consideration of intervention beyond the crisis.
abstract: The effects of divorce on children and adolescents remain a major public health issue. Over the last three decades, there has been ongoing debate among researchers and mental health and legal professionals who counsel divorcing families as to whether the effects are acute but time-limited or more enduring. This chapter looks at the tasks of normal adolescent psychosocial development and how divorce complicates those tasks. It suggests ways that pediatricians and other health professionals can intervene effectively with divorcing families within the context of their role. Divorce-specific resources and services are explained.
authors.affiliation: Divirce Services, Children's Hospital Behavioral Health, Columbus, Ohio 43229, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D004243:Divorce; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D013315:Stress, Psychological