Sexual Orientation and Adolescents

摘要: The American Academy of Pediatrics issued its first statement on homosexuality and adolescents in 1983, with a revision 1993. This report reflects the growing understanding youth differing sexual orientations. Young people are recognizing their orientation earlier than past, making this topic importance to pediatricians. Pediatricians should be aware that some youths care may have concerns about or siblings, friends, parents, relatives, others. Health professionals provide factual, current, nonjudgmental information confidential manner. All youths, including those who know wonder whether they not heterosexual, seek from physicians orientation, sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse, various psychosocial difficulties. pediatrician attentive potential difficulties, offer counseling refer for when necessary ensure every active receives thorough medical history, physical examination, immunizations, appropriate laboratory tests, diseases (including human immunodeficiency virus infection) treatment if necessary. Not all pediatricians feel able type described report. Any is unable counsel nonheterosexual these patients an colleague.