Young People and Alcohol (eBook)

Impact, Policy, Prevention, Treatment

John Saunders, Joseph Rey (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
384 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-4531-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Young People and Alcohol is a practical and comprehensive
reference for professionals and researchers in the field of alcohol
misuse who work with people aged 12 to 25 years. The book provides
readers from a range of professional backgrounds with authoritative
and up to date information about the effects of alcohol use in the
young and, particularly, its management, with an emphasis on
interventions whose effectiveness is supported by evidence.

Written by an internationally renowned team of contributors,
chapters span five key sections: The Phenomenon and Impact of Youth
Drinking; Neurobiology; Prevention and Early Intervention;
Assessment and Diagnosis; and Treatment.

FEATURES

* Focus is on treatment, relating the science to everyday
clinical practice.

* Evidence-based

* List of further resources

* Tables and flowcharts

* Glossary of key terms and abbreviations

Autor

Joseph M. Rey, MD, PhD, FRANZCP, a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, has worked helping children, teenagers and their families in Sydney, Australia, for more than 25 years. Dr Rey has been extensively involved in the management of services, teaching and training of family physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and other professionals, and has published numerous research and educational papers, as well as several books, on child and adolescent mental disorders including substance use disorders. John B. Saunders, MD, FRACP, FRCP is a professor and consultant physician in internal medicine and addiction medicine. His career as a clinician, service director, researcher and academic in the alcohol and drug field in Britain and Australia extends back 35 years. He has worked with the World Health Organization for many years and was responsible for developing the AUDIT questionnaire. He is a member of WHO's Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, and was Co-Chair of the DSM V Substance USE Disorders Workgroup from 2003 to 2007. He has published two books and over 300 scientific papers, reviews and book chapters.

Inhalt

Contributors vii

Preface xi

Glossary and abbreviations xiv

Joseph M. Rey

Part I: The phenomenon and impact of youth drinking.

1 The phenomenon of youth drinking 3

Fiona Measham and Jeanette Østergaard

2 Early onset drinking 18

Shauncie M. Skidmore, Rose A. Juhasz, and Robert A.
Zucker

3 The short- and long-term consequences of adolescent alcohol
use 32

Joseph M. Boden and David M. Fergusson

Part II: Neurobiology.

4 The biology of alcohol and alcohol misuse 47

John B. Saunders

5 Alcohol and the developing brain 66

Linda Patia Spear

6 Genetic influences on alcohol use and alcohol use disorders
83

Michael T. Lynskey and Arpana Agrawal

Part III: Prevention and early intervention

7 Alcohol policy and the prevention of harm in young people
105

John B. Saunders, Peter Anderson, and Joseph M. Rey

8 Community-based approaches to prevention: reducing high-risk
drinking and alcohol-related damage among youth and young adults
122

Norman Giesbrecht and Linda Bosma

9 Brief alcohol intervention in young people 153

Eileen F. S. Kaner and Bridgette M. Bewick

10 Preventing and responding to alcohol misuse in specific
contexts: schools, colleges, the military 170

Joseph M. Rey and Robert F. Saltz

Part IV: Assessment and diagnosis.

11 The clinical interview of young people about alcohol use
197

Yvonne Bonomo

12 Detection, evaluation, and diagnosis of alcohol use disorders
212

Maree Teesson, Sonja Memedovic, Louise Mewton, Tim Slade, and
Andrew Baillie

Part V: Treatment.

13 Recognition and acute management of severe alcohol
intoxication and withdrawal in youth 231

Federico E. Vaca and Rockan Sayegh

14 Working with families of adolescents who misuse alcohol
247

Lorna Templeton

15 Psychosocial treatment for adolescents with alcohol use
disorders 258

Deborah Deas and Andrew Clark

16 Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of alcohol
dependence in the young 271

Bankole A. Johnson

17 Alcoholics Anonymous and young people 308

John F. Kelly and Julie D. Yeterian

18 Epidemiology and management of alcohol misuse comorbid with
other disorders 327

Katherine M. Keyes and Deborah S. Hasin

Index 347

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.4.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: alcoholism • Alkoholismus • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Social Care
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-4531-1 / 1444345311
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-4531-5 / 9781444345315