Alcohol Information for Teens: Health Tips About Alcohol and Alcoholism (Teen Health Series)

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Table Of Contents......Page 6
How To Use This Book......Page 10
Bibliographic Note......Page 12
About The Teen Health Series......Page 13
Our Advisory Board......Page 14
Medical Consultant......Page 15
Part One - Basic Information About Alcohol......Page 16
1. What Is Alcohol?......Page 18
Production Of Alcohol......Page 19
Types Of Alcoholic Beverages......Page 20
Underage Drinking: Myths Vs. Facts......Page 22
Tips For Teens: The Truth About Alcohol......Page 24
Introduction To Alcohol......Page 28
Drinking Levels......Page 29
Excessive Alcohol Use......Page 31
Drinking Problems......Page 32
Special Populations......Page 33
4. Understanding Why Young Adults Drink Alcohol......Page 34
An Age Of Exploration......Page 35
Factors That Influence Use......Page 36
Conclusion......Page 39
Epidemiology Of Underage Drinking......Page 40
Special Populations Of Young People......Page 46
Why Is Underage Drinking A Problem?......Page 54
The Results Of Underage Drinking Can Be Grave......Page 55
The Teen Years Are A Time Of Many Changes......Page 57
Underage Drinking Is Everyone’s Problem......Page 59
What Communities Can Do About Underage Drinking......Page 60
Part Two - Alcohol’s Effect On The Body......Page 64
7. The Physical Effects Of Alcohol On Your Body......Page 66
8. Understanding Blood Alcohol Concentration......Page 72
What Is Intoxication?......Page 76
Facts About Alcohol Poisoning......Page 78
Factors That Affect Intoxication......Page 79
Critical Signs for Alcohol Poisoning......Page 80
Alcohol’s Damaging Effects On The Brain......Page 82
Brain Damage From Other Causes......Page 83
Alcohol And The Developing Brain......Page 86
Summary......Page 88
Alcoholic Liver Disease......Page 90
From Steatosis To Cirrhosis......Page 91
Questions And Answers About Cirrhosis Of The Liver......Page 92
Alcoholic Hepatitis And Alcoholic Liver Disease......Page 94
Diagnosing Alcoholic Liver Disease......Page 96
Treating Alcoholic Liver Disease......Page 98
What Is Heart Disease?......Page 104
Alcohol’s Effects On The Risk For Coronary Heart Disease......Page 105
Other Potential Mechanisms Of Alcohol’s Effects......Page 112
The Role Of Genetic Factors In The Association Of Alcohol And Heart Disease......Page 114
Putting It Together......Page 116
Mouth And Esophagus......Page 120
Your Digestive System And How It Works......Page 121
The Esophagus......Page 122
Barrett Esophagus And Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)......Page 123
Stomach......Page 125
Small Intestine......Page 127
Large Intestine......Page 128
Pancreatitis......Page 130
Role Of Alcohol Metabolism In Chronic Pancreatitis......Page 132
Effects Of Alcohol On The Pancreas......Page 133
The Effects Of Alcohol On Sexual Function......Page 136
Introduction To The Reproductive System......Page 139
Facts About Osteoporosis......Page 144
Effects Of Moderate and Chronic Heavy Drinking On Bone Health......Page 147
The Alcohol-Osteoporosis Link......Page 149
Osteoporosis Management Strategies......Page 150
What Is Cancer?......Page 152
Epidemiologic Research......Page 153
Alcohol’s Link To Cancer......Page 154
Mechanisms Of Alcohol-Related Cancers......Page 155
Summary......Page 157
Part Three - Alcohol’s Effects On Mental Health And Behavior......Page 158
Introduction......Page 160
Alcohol-Induced Blackouts......Page 162
How Does Alcohol Impair Memory?......Page 165
Binge Drinking......Page 168
Heavy Episodic Consumption Of Alcohol......Page 172
Depression Symptoms In Childhood Linked To Early Alcohol Use......Page 176
Stress, Puberty, And Significant Adolescent Transitions......Page 177
Personality Traits, Mental Disorders, And Adolescent Alcohol Use......Page 179
Extent Of The Alcohol-Violence Association......Page 182
Alcohol-Violence Relationships......Page 183
Violence Preceding Alcohol Misuse......Page 184
Physiology Of Violence......Page 185
Testosterone......Page 186
Conclusion......Page 187
Underage Drinking......Page 188
Alcohol And Judgement......Page 191
23. Drinking And Sexual Risk Taking......Page 192
Some Facts About Underage Drinking And Risky Sexual Behavior......Page 196
24. Drinking And Date Rape Drugs......Page 198
Fatal Crashes And Fatalities Involving Alcohol-Impaired Drivers......Page 206
Preventing Impaired Driving......Page 211
Part Four - Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism......Page 216
Alcoholism......Page 218
Frequently Asked Questions About Alcoholism......Page 223
Genetic Factors......Page 230
Brain Chemical Imbalances After Long-Term Alcohol Use......Page 231
Risk Factors......Page 232
Abuse Vs. Dependence......Page 236
Warning Signs......Page 238
Getting Beyond Denial......Page 240
Alcohol Abuse: How To Recognize Problem Drinking......Page 242
Diagnostic Tools For Alcoholism......Page 244
Screening Tests For Alcoholism......Page 245
How Are Alcohol And Drugs Affecting Your Life?......Page 248
Alcohol: What To Do If It’s A Problem For You......Page 250
Understanding Treatments For Alcoholism......Page 254
Treatment For Alcohol Withdrawal......Page 260
Therapy......Page 264
Medications......Page 268
Alcohol Withdrawal......Page 272
Delirium Tremens......Page 276
What Are Substance Abuse And Addiction?......Page 282
Getting Help......Page 284
Staying Clean......Page 288
Part Five - Preventing Teen Alcohol Use......Page 290
Young Adult Drinking......Page 292
Selected Prevention And Intervention Programs......Page 296
Alcohol: Peer Pressure......Page 306
Not Everyone Drinks......Page 308
Step Up: What To Say......Page 312
Underage Drinking And The Minimum Legal Drinking Age......Page 316
College Drinking And The Minimum Legal Drinking Age......Page 318
Questions And Answers: Alcohol Deterrence And Enforcement......Page 320
Part Six - Children Of Alcoholics......Page 332
39. Families With A History Of Alcohol Dependence......Page 334
Children Of Alcoholics......Page 338
Alcoholism Tends To Run In Families......Page 344
Family Values......Page 348
The Alcoholic Family......Page 349
The Family Drama......Page 350
The Healing Process......Page 352
Pushing Past the Past......Page 354
Getting Help......Page 355
42. Coping With An Alcoholic Parent......Page 356
Why Does My Parent Drink?......Page 357
Why Do I Feel So Bad?......Page 358
What Can I Do?......Page 360
43. Breaking The Cycle Of Alcohol Addiction......Page 364
Prevention Models......Page 365
Screening And Identification......Page 366
Prevention Groups......Page 367
Program Content......Page 368
Part Seven - If You Need More Information......Page 372
Books......Page 374
Webpages, Magazines, And Newsletters......Page 375
45. Support Groups For Alcoholics And Children Of Alcoholics......Page 378
Federal Agencies......Page 384
Private, Civic, And Religious Organizations......Page 387
Resources For Children Of Alcoholics......Page 393
Resources About Alcohol-Related Birth Defects......Page 394
47. State Resources For Help With Alcohol-Related Concerns......Page 396
Index......Page 408