Isolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT) is a rare entity in adolescent girls. Invasive surgery, salpingectomy, was used during the initial surgery or at the time of recurrent torsion in 87% of previously reported cases. Herein, the authors present an adolescent premenarcheal girl with idiopathic IFTT, which was treated by laparoscopic detorsion, to emphasize that tubal torsion should be included...

On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (October 11), this commentary highlights the problem of violence against adolescent girls. It describes the nature and magnitude of violence faced by adolescent girls, what we know about factors that drive violence against women and against adolescent girls. It highlights the importance of promoting egalitarian gender norms, particularl...

Aggression behaviour in 160 adult Chakma tribal students was studied. The subjects were equally divided into boys and girls. Each category was again subdivided into early adolescent and late adolescent. Age of early adolescent group ranged from 11 to 14 years and late adolescent group ranged from 15 to 18 years. Thus, the study used a 2×2 factorial design representing two levels of gender (boy ...

Background: Pediatric pancreatic malignancies are extremely rare with an age population-adjusted incidence of 0.018 cases per 100,000. In adolescent girls, they usually present as solid pseudopapillary neoplasms[SPNs], low-grade malignant tumors of the exocrine pancreas. Due to their rarity and nonspecific clinical presentation, SPNs are frequently misdiagnosed. The treatment of choice is a com...

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is an unusual diagnosis in the pediatric age group. It is a syndrome characterized by pain in one or more extremities with a significant morbidity in childhood. Patients with RSD have frequently undergone many unnecessary investigations such that the diagnosis and treatment may be considerably delayed. The pathophysiology remains unclear; however, a number of ...

Although, compared to boys, adolescent girls gamble less often and less problematically, prevalence studies still show significant numbers of at risk/problem gamblers among girls. However, girl gambling has been on the sidelines of adolescent gambling research. The available studies usually focus only on a narrow set of correlates often ignoring that adolescent gambling is a complex phenomenon ...

she has been at Rutgers where she's occupied the Blanche, Edith and Irving Laurie Chair in Women's Studies. She did her undergraduate work at Swarthmore College, where she majored in En-glish Literature. She then received a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Radcliffe, and finally a Doctorate in Psychology from Harvard. Her academic honours fill almost a page of her vitae, so I will on...