Adolescent Medicine
Treatments and Services
We offer primary care to youth and young adults, such as routine vaccinations, sports physicals, and treatment of minor illnesses and injuries, as well as assistance transitioning from pediatric to adult medicine providers. In addition, our specialty clinics have expertise in the following areas:
- Addiction and substance use
- Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs)
- Medications for substance use disorders
- Overdose prevention education and naloxone
- Atypical menstruation
- Complex contraception and menstrual management
- Menstrual suppression
- Gender identity
- Gender-affirming hormone therapy
- Hormone blockers
- Gynecological care
- Pap smears
- Treatment of common/routine issues such as urinary tract infection (UTI) and vaginitis
- Multilingual, age-appropriate support with basic resource needs, such as:
- Benefits navigation, for example connecting pregnant patients to WIC
- Food and clothing
- Housing instability
- Immigration issues
- Referrals to community programs
- Social, family, or other interpersonal issues
- Transportation issues
- Pregnancy and parenthood
- Breastfeeding support
- Pre-conception counseling
- Pregnancy options counseling, including connection to prenatal and abortion pregnancy care and support
- Pregnancy testing
- Sexual activity, sexual health, and family planning
- Sexual violence recovery
- Healthy relationship counseling
- Safety planning
- Short-term counseling to aid in recovery after trauma