Young people and alcohol /
edited by John Saunders, Joseph Rey.
- Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- 384 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The phenomenon of youth drinking / Fiona Measham and Jeanette �stergaard -- Early onset drinking / Shauncie M. Skidmore, Rose A. Juhasz, and Robert A. Zucker -- The short and long term consequences of adolescent alcohol use / Joseph M. Boden and David M. Fergusson -- The biology of alcohol and alcohol misuse / John B. Saunders -- Alcohol and the developing brain / Linda Patia Spear -- Genetic influences on alcohol use and alcohol use disorders / Michael T. Lynskey and Arpana Agrawal -- Alcohol policy and the prevention of harm in young people / John B. Saunders, Peter Anderson, and Joseph M. Rey -- Community-based approaches to prevention : reducing high-risk drinking and alcohol related damage among youth and young adults / Norman Giesbrecht and Linda Bosma -- Brief alcohol intervention in young people / Eileen F.S. Kaner and Bridgette M. Bewick -- Preventing and responding to alcohol misuse in specific contexts : schools, colleges, the military / Joseph M. Rey and Robert F. Saltz -- The clinical interview of youth about alcohol use / Yvonne Bonomo -- Detection, evaluation and diagnosis of alcohol use disorders / Maree Teesson, Sonja Memedovic, Louise Mewton, Tim Slade and Andrew Baillie -- Recognition and acute management of severe alcohol intoxication and withdrawal in youth / Federico E. Vaca and Rockan Sayegh -- Working with families of adolescents who misuse alcohol / Lorna Templeton -- Psychosocial treatment for adolescents with alcohol use disorders / Deborah Deas and Andrew Clark -- Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of alcohol dependence in the young / Bankole A. Johnson -- Alcoholics Anonymous and young people / John F. Kelly and Julie D. Yeterian -- Epidemiology and management of alcohol misuse comorbid with other disorders / Katherine M. Keyes and Deborah S. Hasin.
A practical & comprehensive reference for professionals & researchers in the field of alcohol misuse who work with people aged 12 to 25 years, this book provides readers from a range of professional backgrounds with authoritative & up to date information about the effects of alcohol use in the young and, particularly, its management.