Understanding Adolescence

This book explores the adolescent years in depth, enabling teenagers and parents alike to understand the complexities behind the changes taking place in bodies, self-awareness, lifestyles, relationships, emotions and loyalties. The influence of the media and pop-culture, parents and peers is examined together with that of the drug sub-culture. Medical and pastoral light is thrown on such concerns as depression, anorexia and adolescent sex. Dr Hurding is an experienced medical practitioner and Christian counsellor and has written "As Trees Walking", "Roots and Shoots" and "Coping With Illness".