Adolescent Alcohol Abuse

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This paper examines how the impact of alcohol abuse by New Zealand adolescents is a complex puzzle affecting the individual, family and society as a whole. In New Zealand today, more adolescents are using and abusing alcohol more often and in larger amounts than ever before. The impact of this drinking by teens is reflected in the public health system and in New Zealand's high schools. It seeks to explore the nature of alcohol abuse in adolescence and considers treatment and prevention issues for adolescents experiencing alcohol abuse. Where as there is broad range of treatment and prevention perspectives, the relationship of the family in treatment and prevention is the focus of this paper.

Outline
Adolescence and Alcohol Abuse
Treatment of Adolescents Who Abuse Alcohol
Prevention of Adolescents Who Abuse Alcohol
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"The use of alcohol during adolescence has unique significance. Adolescents may be defined on the basis of biological, psychosocial and statutory criteria. However the commonly held definition is people of the age 12 to 18 years being adolescent to young adult. The teen will be responding to pressure from peers as he or she attempts to find their place in their social group. Adolescence is a time of socially deviant behaviors and it is note worthy that the use of alcohol or other drugs may be part of the normal attempts to accomplish the developmental tasks of adolescents. This impacts on the complexity of assessment when attempting the find a view of the alcohol use within the murky web of adolescence."

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