TY - JOUR T1 - Brief encounters JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 314 LP - 314 DO - 10.1136/sti.78.5.314-a VL - 78 IS - 5 AU - Mohsen Shahmanesh Y1 - 2002/10/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/78/5/314.2.abstract N2 - Raging hormones coupled with breakdown of family and social restraints lie behind the risk taking behaviour of the young. It is good to have guidelines for managing STIs in children and adolescents. They let the clinician off the hook. But guidelines are as good as the evidence available—and often that is not much. See pp 314 and 324 Young people don’t care if you look uncool, nor are they put off by sharing waiting rooms with grown ups. Have the right attitude, open outside school hours, and allow walk ins and you have yourself an adolescent clinic. Sexual health services for the young is within all our grasps. See p 342 Stigma about STIs, but not … ER -