Download or read book The Trajectory of Alcohol Use in Emerging Adulthood written by Kara Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inconsistencies in alcohol use measurement across studies and broad conceptualizations of post-secondary education experiences of young adults impede the comparison of research findings and our understanding of age-related shifts in alcohol use during emerging adulthood. This dissertation uses data from the Victoria Health Youth Survey (V-HYS), a 5 wave longitudinal study following 662 Canadian youth across the ages of 12-27. Study 1 examined the longitudinal associations among four measures of alcohol consumption (frequency, quantity, frequency of heavy episodic drinking and volume) from ages 15-25 and compared the ability of these measures to predict alcohol-related problems in emerging adulthood. Levels and rates of change across alcohol dimensions were moderately associated over time. However, measures of alcohol involvement significantly differed in their average rate of growth and in the prediction of alcohol-related problems in emerging adulthood. Heavy episodic drinking and volume showed the strongest associations in developmental trends and were similarly predictive of alcohol-related problems. The findings from this study support using measures of heavy episodic drinking or volume for assessing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems during emerging adulthood. Building on Study 1, Study 2 compared the trajectories of heavy episodic drinking during adolescence and emerging adulthood among youth in four different educational pathways: two-year college students, four-year university students, transfer students, and terminal high school graduates. This study also examined whether individual level factors could account for group differences in heavy drinking among the education groups. Terminal high school graduates consistently had the highest levels of alcohol use over time compared to all three post-secondary groups. Two-year college students had significantly higher levels of heavy drinking than university or transfer students when they enrolled, but university students had the greatest increases in heavy drinking after enrollment. However, differences in heavy drinking between post-secondary groups were completely accounted for by variations in the age at the time of enrollment. Taken together, the current findings illustrate that enrolling in post-secondary education, regardless of the type of institution, is associated with an increase in the frequency of heavy drinking during emerging adulthood and that this increase is greatest for younger students. However, the rates of drinking never exceeded that of the terminal high school graduates over time. These studies illustrate that the conclusions drawn about alcohol use trends during emerging adulthood may be contingent on the alcohol consumption measure used and conceptualizations of educational experiences ... .

Download or read book Alcohol Use Trajectories and the Transition from Adolescence Into Young Adulthood written by Lia Chervenak Wiley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition into young adulthood is an important period of change for adolescents during which young individuals enter into adult roles that impact their future trajectories (Arnett 2000). It is also during this developmental period that involvement in alcohol use and crime/delinquency reach their peak (Casswell, Pledger & Pratap 2002; Gottfredson & Hirschi 1990; Hirschi & Gottfredson 1983; Johnston et al. 2013; Lauritsen 1998; SAMHSA 2012) and have been found to be associated with one another (Barnwell, Borders & Earlywine 2006; Bonomo et al. 2001; Felson et al. 2008; Ford 2005; Parker & McCaffree 2013; Schulenberg et al. 1996; Wechsler et al. 1994). Alcohol use and its covariates are often studied cross-sectionally and have yet to be studied over time with a focus on the emerging adulthood period. Thus, the patterning of heavy alcohol use in connection with its covariates is yet to be fully understood. Here, Sampson and Laub's Life Course Theory of Crime (Laub & Sampson 2003; Sampson & Laub 1993) and the life course perspective are used as a lens to examine the relationship between alcohol use and its covariates during emerging adulthood. This dissertation addresses major gaps in the literature by examining violence, non-violent crime and delinquency, sex and gender role orientation, social support, and life transitions in conjunction with heavy alcohol use during the transition from adolescence into young adulthood. Life course theoretical perspectives of alcohol use are expanded by incorporating sex and gender orientation parameters which have largely been absent from Sampson and Laub's theory. Alcohol use trajectories were estimated with group-based trajectory modeling in secondary analysis using four waves of the public-use National Longitudinal of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data. Four distinct alcohol use trajectory groups were identified: infrequent heavy drinkers, increasing seldom heavy drinkers, seldom heavy drinkers, and increasing occasional heavy drinkers. Analyses reveal that violence and non-violent crime/delinquency are each associated with increases in heavy episodic drinking for the four alcohol use trajectory groups over time. Social support is found to be a protective factor against belonging to a higher alcohol use trajectory group in comparison to belonging to the lowest alcohol use trajectory group. Life transitions, marriage/cohabitation and parenthood specifically, are found to decrease heavy episodic drinking behaviors for all alcohol use trajectory groups. In addition, results indicate that there are gender role orientation as well as sex differences in heavy alcohol use during the transition to young adulthood. Sex specific analyses indicate that males and females exhibit different heavy alcohol use patterns during the transition into young adulthood. Additionally, those who adhere to a traditionally masculine gender role orientation and males have a higher likelihood of belonging to a higher heavy episodic drinking trajectory group. Support for several major facets of Sampson and Laub's Life Course Theory of Crime is found. Results from the analyses suggest that social support and life course transitions/events are important in lessening engagement in negative behaviors such as heavy episodic drinking. Lastly, Sampson and Laub's theory and the life course perspective in general are expanded to include sex and gender role orientation as major substantive variables rather than control variables.

Download or read book Identifying and Predicting Trajectories of Binge Drinking from Adolescence to Young Adulthood written by Kristy Lee Soloski and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks on a single occasion) is associated with a greater risk of later substance abuse or dependence, and other non-alcohol related problems in adulthood, (e.g., adult civil or criminal convictions). Identifying alcohol use trajectories has mainly been limited to within single developmental periods (i.e., adolescence or emerging adulthood) or between developmental periods up until around the legal drinking age. Using N = 1,864 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) dataset, this paper sought to identify trajectories of binge drinking beginning in adolescence and into adulthood using growth mixture modeling. Family factors (e.g., parent-child communication, shared activities, connectedness, and parental control) were used to predict the various trajectories. Two class trajectories were identified, a low initial-escalating group (87%), and a high initial-deescalating group (13%). Being male and having more close friends using alcohol were predictive of a greater likelihood of being in the high initial-deescalating group. Results can inform therapeutic interventions in an effort to affect an adolescent's trajectory of use and reduce the risk of long-term heavy alcohol use.

Download or read book Alcohol Use Disorders written by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: -- Part I. Alcohol Use Disorders: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology and Developmental Science -- Chapter 1. Developmental Science, Alcohol Use Disorders and the Risk-Resilience Continuum -- Leon Puttler, Robert A. Zucker, and Hiram E. Fitzgerald -- Chapter 2. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Substance Use: Illustrations from the Study of Child Maltreatment -- Dante Cicchetti and Fred Rogosch -- Chapter 3. Multifinality, Equifinality and the Heterogeneity of Alcoholism. -- Andrea Hussong, Drew Rothenberg, Ruth K. Smith, and Maleeha Haroon -- Part II. Alcohol Use Disorders: Developmental Neurobiology and Early Organization of Risk -- Chapter 4. A Developmental Perspective on the Genetic Basis of Substance Use and Abuse -- Elisa Trucoo, Gabriel L. Schlomer, and Brian Hicks -- Chapter 5. Alcohol Used Disorder: Role of Epigenetics -- Igor Ponomarev -- Chapter 6: Brain Functional Contributors to Vulnerability for Substance Abuse: -- Mary M. Heitzeg -- Part III. Alcohol Use Disorders: Developmental Transitions from Infancy to Adolescence -- Chapter 7. Etiological processes for substance use disorders beginning in infancy -- Rena D. Eiden -- Chapter 8. Sleep Problems during the Preschool Years and Beyond as a Marker of Risk and Resilience in Substance Use? -- Maria Wong -- Chapter 9. Self-regulation, Behavioral Inhibition, and Risk for Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders. -- Joel T. Nigg -- Chapter 10: A Framework for Studying Parental Socialization of Child and Adolescent Substance Use. -- John Donovan -- Chapter 11: Alcohol and Youth: Evaluations of Developmental Impact -- Guadalupe A. Bacio, Ty Brumback and Sandra A. Brown -- Part IV. Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders: Developmental Transitions from Adolescence to Emergent Adulthood -- Chapter12: Substance Use and Abuse during Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood are Developmental Phenomena: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations. -- John Schulenberg, Julie Maslowsky, and Justin Jager -- Chapter 13. Who Is Using Alternative Tobacco Products and Why? Research on Adolescents and Young Adults -- Alexandra Loukas and Deepti Agarwal -- Chapter 14. Developmental Perspectives on Cigarette Smoking: Findings from the IU Smoking Survey -- Laurie Chassin, Clark Presson, Jonathan T. Macy and Steven J. Sherman -- Chapter 15: Alcohol Use and Consequences across Developmental Transitions during College and Beyond -- James R. Ashenhurst and Kim Fromme -- Chapter 16. Developmental Transitions and College Binge Drinking: Why Parents Still Matter. -- Michael Ichiyama, Kayla Swart, Annie Wescott, Sarah Harrison, and Kelly Birch -- Chapter 17. Personality Processes Related to the Development and Resolution of Alcohol Use Disorders: A Long and Continually Evolving Story -- Kenneth Sher, Andrew Littlefield, and Matthew Lee -- strongPart V. Alcohol Use Disorders and Marital Relationships -- Chapter 18: Developmental Transitions and Emergent Causative Influences: Intimacy, Influence, and Alcohol Problems over the Early Years of Marriage. -- Ash Levitt and Kenneth Leonard -- Chapter 19: Social Psychology of Alcohol Involvement, Marital Dissolution, and Marital Interaction Processes across Multiple Time Scales -- James A. Cranford and Catharine E. Fairbarn -- strongPart VI. Developmental Designs: Methodological and Statistical Innovations -- Chapter 20. Integrative Data Analysis from a Unifying Research Synthesis Perspective -- Eun-Young Mun, and Anne E. Ray -- Chapter 21. New Statistical Methods Inspired by Data Collected from Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research. -- Anne Buu and Runze Li -- Index

Download or read book Children of Alcoholics Development of Alcohol Trajectories from Adolescence Through Emerging Adulthood written by Breanne Benedict and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The course of alcohol use has been previously examined, identifying four major trajectories during specific life periods for Children of Alcoholics (COAs). The current study used a unique sample of COAs to describe the development and course of alcohol use from adolescence through emerging adulthood. The sample consisted of children of Vietnam twin veterans who endorsed a lifetime Alcohol Dependence diagnosis (n=1,577). Measures regarding lifetime drinking history, psychiatric symptoms, family history, and peer relationships were collected over a five-year period. Trajectories were identified using Latent Growth Mixture Modeling of three alcohol outcome measures: a diagnosis of AUD, heavy binge drinking, and a quantity frequency index, in order to gain a broad perspective on consumption rate and risk of diagnosis relation to alcohol use. ANOVAs and Chi-Square analyses were performed to explore differences between trajectory classes. Five distinct trajectories, that differed based on age of onset and severity level, were observed for each of the three alcohol outcome measures. Trajectory classes were able to be characterized and differentiated based on familial, social, and mental health variables. Implications of the study provide a wider perspective on the course of alcohol use for COAs through two large developmental time periods: adolescence and emerging adulthood, as well as introducing variations on the traditional four trajectory class model.

Download or read book Reducing Underage Drinking written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.

Download or read book Handbook of Life Course Health Development written by Neal Halfon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. ​This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Interdisciplinary chapters discuss major health concerns (diabetes, obesity), important less-studied conditions (hearing, kidney health), and large-scale issues (nutrition, adversity) from a lifespan viewpoint. In addition, chapters address methodological approaches and challenges by analyzing existing measures, studies, and surveys. The book concludes with the editors’ research agenda that proposes priorities for future LCHD research and its application to health care practice and health policy. Topics featured in the Handbook include: The prenatal period and its effect on child obesity and metabolic outcomes. Pregnancy complications and their effect on women’s cardiovascular health. A multi-level approach for obesity prevention in children. Application of the LCHD framework to autism spectrum disorder. Socioeconomic disadvantage and its influence on health development across the lifespan. The importance of nutrition to optimal health development across the lifespan. The Handbook of Life Course Health Development is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology/science; maternal and child health; social work; health economics; educational policy and politics; and medical law as well as many interrelated subdisciplines in psychology, medicine, public health, mental health, education, social welfare, economics, sociology, and law.

Download or read book Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood written by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps students understand how culture impacts development in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Grounded in a global cultural perspective (within and outside of the US), this text enriches the discussion with historical context and an interdisciplinary approach, including studies from fields such as anthropology and sociology, in addition to the compelling psychological research on adolescent development. This book also takes into account the period of "emerging adulthood" (ages 18-25), a term coined by the author, and an area of study for which Arnett is a leading expert. Arnett continues the fifth edition with new and updated studies, both U.S. and international. With Pearson's MyDevelopmentLab Video Series and Powerpoints embedded with video, students can experience a true cross-cultural experience. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-- for you and your students. Here's how: Personalize Learning - The new MyDevelopmentLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking - Students learn to think critically about the influence of culture on development with pedagogical features such as Culture Focus boxes and Historical Focus boxes. Engage Students - Arnett engages students with cross cultural research and examples throughout. MyVirtualTeen, an interactive simulation, allows students to apply the concepts they are learning to their own "virtual teen." Explore Research - "Research Focus" provides students with a firm grasp of various research methods and helps them see the impact that methods can have on research findings. Support Instructors - This program provides instructors with unbeatable resources, including video embedded PowerPoints and the new MyDevelopmentLab that includes cross-cultural videos and MyVirtualTeen, an interactive simulation that allows you to raise a child from birth to age 18. An easy to use Instructor's Manual, a robust test bank, and an online test generator (MyTest) are also available. All of these materials may be packaged with the text upon request. Note: MyDevelopmentLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyDevelopmentLab, please visit: www.mydevelopmentlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MyDevelopmentlab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205911854/ ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205911851. Click here for a short walkthrough video on MyVirtualTeen! http://www.youtube.com/playlist'list=PL51B144F17A36FF25&feature=plcp

Download or read book Young Adult Drinking Styles written by Dominic Conroy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together cutting-edge contemporary research and discussion concerning drinking practices among young adults (individuals aged approximately 18-30 years old). Its chapters showcase an interdisciplinary range of perspectives from psychology, sociology, criminology, geography, public health and social policy. The contributors address themes including how identity becomes involved in young adult drinking practices; issues relating to the non-consumption of alcohol within friendship groups; and the role of social context, religious and ethnic orientation, gender identity, and social media use. In doing so, they highlight changing trends in alcohol consumption among young people, which have seen notably fewer young adults consuming alcohol over the last two decades. In acknowledging the complex nature of drinking styles among young adults, the contributors to this collection eschew traditional understandings of young adult drinking which can pathologise and generalise. They advocate instead for an inclusive approach, as demonstrated in the wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, cultural perspectives, methods and international settings represented in this book, in order to better understand the economic, socio-cultural and pharmacological crossroads at which we now stand. This book will appeal in particular to researchers, theorists, practitioners and policy makers working in the alcohol and drugs field, public health and health psychology, in addition to students and researchers from across the social sciences.

Download or read book Understanding Alcohol Use Trajectories from Adolescence to Young Adulthood written by Jacqueline Adobia Bonsu and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Genetics of Alcoholism written by Henri Begleiter and published by Alcohol and Alcoholism. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an in-depth look at the genetic influences that contribute to the development of alcoholism. Part I: Epidemiologic Studies contains five chapters that examine the various approaches employed in the study of the genetics of alcoholism. It provides a historical perspectiveand details all the essentials of this subject. Part II: Selective Breeding Studies highlights the results of research involving the selective breeding of rodents. This type of research has produced homogenous strains exhibiting specific behavioral responses considered significant in thedevelopment and maintenance of alcohol dependence. The studies presented in Part III: Phenotypic Studies investigate and analyze phenotypic markers that serve as correlates to the genotypic determinants of alcoholism. Through its broad scope, this volume provides for the first time a panoramic viewof the knowledge available on the hereditary influences of alcoholism.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Adolescent Substance Abuse written by Robert A. Zucker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescent substance abuse is the nation's #1 public health problem. It originates out of a developmental era where experimentation with the world is increasingly taking place, and where major changes in physical self and social relationships are taking place. These changes cannot be understood by any one discipline nor can they be described by focusing only on the behavioral and social problems of this age period, the characteristics of normal development, or the pharmacology and addictive potential of specific drugs. They require knowledge of the brain's systems of reward and control, genetics, psychopharmacology, personality, child development, psychopathology, family dynamics, peer group relationships, culture, social policy, and more. Drawing on the expertise of the leading researchers in this field, this Handbook provides the most comprehensive summarization of current knowledge about adolescent substance abuse. The Handbook is organized into eight sections covering the literature on the developmental context of this life period, the epidemiology of adolescent use and abuse, similarities and differences in use, addictive potential, and consequences of use for different drugs; etiology and course as characterized at different levels of mechanistic analysis ranging from the genetic and neural to the behavioural and social. Two sections cover the clinical ramifications of abuse, and prevention and intervention strategies to most effectively deal with these problems. The Handbook's last section addresses the role of social policy in framing the problem, in addressing it, and explores its potential role in alleviating it.

Download or read book Understanding Alcohol Use in Middle Aged and Older Adults written by Sara Miller and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use among older adults (aged 65+ years) is a pertinent public health issue due to the aging of the population and greater age-related sensitivity to the effects of alcohol. Any given drinking occasion may carry health risks for older adults, such as risk of fall injuries or medication interactions. Yet, limited literature has utilized the strengths of daily diary methodology to evaluate trajectories of alcohol use across adulthood and to identify factors within the daily context linked with alcohol consumption among adults in midlife and older adulthood. The current dissertation used data from the daily diary projects of the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) to examine longitudinal change in alcohol consumption across adulthood and to characterize daily factors connected with intraindividual variability in alcohol use at the daily level among adults aged 50+ years. Specifically, three papers comprise this dissertation. Following an introduction (Chapter 1), Paper 1 utilized three waves of daily diary surveys to assess longitudinal change in various indicators of alcohol consumption across 20 years of follow-ups among adults aged 24 to 81 years (Chapter 2). Average drinking quantity declined overall on drinking days, while there was no age-related change in prevalence of any alcohol use, drinking frequency, and frequency of drinking beyond recommended guidelines. There were also moderation effects, such that older individuals at baseline demonstrated stronger declines in many of the alcohol use indicators across time, showing moderation by age. Further, higher education level was linked with drinking more frequently across time, while male sex and poorer physical health were associated with stronger declines in number of drinks reported on drinking days. Paper 2 explored whether daily positive experiences were associated with greater likelihood of and level of same-day alcohol use among adults aged 50+ years (Chapter 3). Days with higher-than-usual positive affect and days with more positive events than usual were found to be linked with greater likelihood of same-day alcohol use. On the other hand, neither positive affect nor positive event experiences were related to number of drinks consumed on drinking days. Finally, Paper 3 examined associations between daily stressor characteristics and likelihood of alcohol use among adults aged 50 years and older (Chapter 4). Overall, study findings did not support a daily linkage of stressor exposure, quantity, nor severity with likelihood of alcohol use. However, there was evidence of specificity of stressor domain, such that days with non-work stressors were linked with greater likelihood of same-day alcohol use, while work stressors were unrelated to alcohol use. Several person-level characteristics, specifically older age, lower education level, and having alcohol-related problems, were found to strengthen associations between the daily stressor characteristics and likelihood of alcohol use. Taken together, the three papers utilized daily diary methodology to both capture changes in alcohol use across adulthood and to broaden understanding of daily-level factors linked with same-day alcohol use among adults aged 50+ years.

Download or read book The Development of Alcohol Problems written by Robert A. Zucker and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Is Early Onset of Alcohol Use Associated with Later Alcohol Use written by Ricardo Marcos Pautassi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Download or read book Alcohol written by Paolo Boffetta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by international leaders in the field of alcoholism, this book provides an interdisciplinary source of information on alcoholism that links together science, policy, and public health in order to emphasise the importance of scientific knowledge with deciding public health policy.

Download or read book Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults written by Marc Galanter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-07 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol continues to be the substance of choice for today’s youth, leading to serious physical, psychological, and social consequences. Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults ably addresses this growing trend. The latest entry in the Recent Developments in Alcoholism series, it comprehensively presents a wide-ranging clinical picture of teen drinking - epidemiology, neurobiology, behavioral phenomena, diagnostic and assessment issues, prevention and treatment data - in a developmental context. Fifty expert contributors display the scientific rigor, practical wisdom, and nuanced analysis that readers have come to expect from previous volumes. Among the subjects studied in depth: - Initiation of alcohol use/abuse - Risk and protective factors for alcohol dependence - High-risk adolescent populations - Drinking habits of college students - Long-range consequences of teenage drinking - Family-, school-, and community-based prevention programs - Treatment of comorbid substance and psychiatric disorders Clinicians, researchers, and policy makers will find this a bedrock source of evidence-based knowledge, whether one’s goal is choosing an age-appropriate assessment tool for eighth graders, preventing drinking among high school students, or understanding the alcohol-friendliness of campus culture. Here is a critical resource for all professionals dedicated to helping youngsters grow up sober.