[The Adolescent Sexuality Hot-line--a 4-year study].

The first Adolescent Sexuality Hot-Line in Denmark was launched in January 1992. The hot-line offers anonymous, professional telephone counselling to teenagers. During its initial four years, 6174 persons called, consisting of approximately 60% boys and 40% girls. Four major categories were: "basic information" (22.8%), "sexual problems" (21.5%), "contraception" (11.3%) and "pregnancy" (9.1%). Characteristically, callers (especially boys) have become significantly older over the four-year-period, coincident with a significant prolongation of the length of the calls. This might be seen as a reflection of a genuine-but as yet unaccommodated-need for sexual counselling in age groups older than the intended target-group. The need for sufficient sexological counselling in a mature population is well established in several other Danish studies.