Are there any attitudes and behaviours that will facilitate communication with young people?

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You must like and enjoy working with this age group and be able to respect them as individuals. Understanding and clinically recognising the bio–psychosocial anatomy of the adolescent will promote objectivity in your observations, define boundaries and add clarity to communication. Why this sensitivity and emphasis on bio-psychosocial development? Young people challenge the health professional to think in an integrated fashion. Many of their problems are bio-behavioural in origin. The adolescent’s behaviours are being established and the related influences are usually in the present. A golden opportunity exists for affecting positive change within the dynamic setting of puberty and adolescence. This thinking in two dimensions, development, and behaviour, often challenges the skills of the health professional.