MUSC Children s Health offers the only full-service adolescent medicine program in the area. While they may try to look and sound like adults, adolescents have a range of medical needs that call for specialized care. Specialists with MUSC Children s Health Adolescent Medicine Services treat adolescents from ages 11 to 21. Services include an adolescent center, a team of primary health care providers in the community who treat both children and adolescents, an entire hospital devoted to children and adolescents, and behavioral health programs that address potential problems such as depression, eating disorders and substance abuse.
Puberty can be overwhelming for teens.
Their bodies are going through tremendous changes they may not fully understand. I think it s easy for parents to discount these changes as a natural part of growing up. But if you re a teenager who doesn t understand what s going on, or you feel uncomfortable talking about the changes, then you feel pretty isolated. That s where a doctor can play an important role.