Alcohol Health and Research World. Volume 15, No. 1, 1991. Special Focus: Alcoholand Youth

摘要

Adolescent drinking is examined and the contributions of biological and childhoodexperiences to alcohol use later in life are reviewed. The discussion includes: recent survey of adolescent drinking behavior; genetics; early developmental factors and risk factors; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, childhood disorder and alcoholism; models of vulnerability; effects of alcohol abuse; alcohol consumption and sexual risk-taking; screening; intervention strategies; international perspectives; prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence in the United States in 1988.