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Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 2 of 2) Process of change Diabetes poses considerable demands on the young person’s coping, self-esteem, mood and quality of life.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 1 of 2) Despite the benefits of these family-based programs, they pose a challenge for working with older adolescents if their parents do not come to clinic or for young people in families …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.2 Familial Interventions (Part 1)  First, the descriptive literature of the family environment in supporting the young person with diabetes is probably the most extensively researched area on adolescent and childhood diabetes.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.1 Introduction- Recurrent ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the single most common cause of mortality in individuals with type 1 diabetes under the age of 40.21

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.1 Introduction  There is no widely accepted precise definition of what adolescence is, but it is commonly referred to as the transitional period between childhood and adulthood.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   1.9 Disease Course and Risk Factors: Implications for Clinical Practice The groundwork for understanding stages of the disease course in diabetes has been laid by three major longitudinal investigations that have followed school aged children recently …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   1.6 Family Factors Related to Glycemic Control and Adherence Due to the relatively small number of children under the age of 6 with diabetes, there have been few, if any, studies on how family environment variables …

Diabetes may be substantially more likely for children taking second-generation atypical antipsychotics.…

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   Psychosocial development and diabetes in the school-aged child The primary developmental tasks of the child during the elementary school years include making a smooth adjustment from the home to the school setting; forming close friendships with …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Treatment Issues for Children Under 6 Years of Age   Once diagnosed, the basic goals of diabetes therapy for children under the age of 6 years are similar to those recommended to all children and adolescents and include the avoidance of …