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01-09-2013 | Meeting abstract
Alcohol intoxication and risk factors in adolescents
Authors:
Mireille de Visser, Nicolaas van der Lely, Eva van Zanten
Published in:
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Although public interventions aimed at alcohol use among adolescents have been proven effective, individual follow-up of adolescents admitted with alcohol intoxication is uncommon. According to the ESPAD study, many European countries have to deal with a high prevalence of alcohol use amongst adolescents. Alcohol use has been associated with ADHD, autism, negative health behaviour, and neurocognitive damage. Parental rules are a major risk factor for alcohol use in adolescents. …