The pregnant adolescent Book

Synthesizes available research into an exhaustive review of all aspects of premature pregnancy. The author demonstrates the need for social service support for premature parents and presents empirical evidence to support his suggestions for improved services. The book is one of the first to explore the high levels of correlation between early parenthood and child abuse. It also provides hard information on the outcomes of the decision to abort, or of young marriages resulting from pregnancy, and describes the demographic characteristics and psychological dynamics of the problem.

'This reviewer has spent several years working with adolescents both pregnant and parents and found Bolton's presentation timely, accurate and even