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Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc,Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, IsraelDivision of Adolescent Medicine, KY Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, USANational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, IsraelDivision of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, IsraelSchool of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USASeries: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent HealthBISAC: MED105010Adolescence identifies a critical period of human life that allows sufficient maturity for the human being to leave childhood dependency and pass through a dramatic period of immense physiological, psychological, and sociological consequences. The adolescent must accept the failures and successes of childhood with the initiation of puberty and in the end, starts his or her adult life as central nervous system maturity occurs. The tremendous peaks of growth and development are only exceeded by those seen in utero and in early childhood. This yearbook has research on pregnancy, cyperbullying, transition issues, body image, health issues and environmental health, which we hope you will find of interest.(Imprint: Nova Biomedical)
