Binge drinking in adolescents and college students / Cecile A. Marczinski, Estee C. Grant and Vincent J. Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marczinski, Cecile A.

Contributor:

Grant, Estee C.

Grant, Vincent J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Binge drinking--United States.

Binge drinking.

Teenagers--Alcohol use--United States.

Teenagers.

College students--Alcohol use--United States.

College students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Binge Drinking has been argued to be the number one public health hazard and the primary source of preventable morbidity and mortality for the the more than 6 million college students in the United States. Binge drinking often begins in adolescence and continues into young adulthood. Recent estimates indicate that 1 in 5 adolescents and 1 in 2 college students binge drink. Binge drinking has resulted in numerous alcohol-related tragedies, including acute alcohol poisonings, falls, and automobile collisions, and is often associated with other high-risk behaviors. This comprehensive resource contains all of the newest information that is now known about binge drinking and how this type of alcohol consumption (drinking to get drunk) differs from social drinking and chronic drinking and alcoholism. All of the recent research on this topic are included, such as the results from recent animal studies that indicate that binge drinking may be more damaging to an adolescent brain compared to an adult brain and how changes in trends in alcohol consumption (such as mixing energy drinks with alcohol) maybe be exacerbating this behavior. finally, recent successful intervention techniques both on the individual level (eg. motivational interviewing in the emergency room) to the institutional level (e.g., programs to reduce binge drinking on college campuses) are described. This book is an excellent resource for any professional who comes in contact with the problems associated with this type of alcohol consumption.

Contents:

Introduction

Differentiating binge drinking from social drinking and chronic drinking/alcoholism

Binge drinking demographics

Definition of a binge

Social and environmental factors and binge drinking

Neurocognitive and health effects of binge drinking in adolescents and college students

Animal models of adolescent and adult binge alcohol use

Binge drinking, impaired driving and other health risk behaviors

Binge drinking and emergency department visits

Screening and brief interventions in the emergency department

Behavioral control models and alcohol : why loss of control over drinking might stem from neurocognitive changes when drinking

Binge drinkers and their particular vulnerability to the acute effects of alcohol

Binge drinking and alcohol tolerance

Before the first drink : at risk individuals for the binge consumption of alcohol

Alcohol expectancies and binge alcohol use

Trendy cocktails : mixing energy drinks and alcohol

Prevention and intervention strategies

Binge drinking in young people : where do we go from here?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-192) and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-631-4