Alcohol use among adolescents /

Alcohol use among adolescents /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Windle, Michael T.
Imprint:	Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 126 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry series ; vol. 42 Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; v. 42.
Subject:	Teenagers -- Alcohol use. Alcoholism -- Prevention. Alcohol Drinking -- epidemiology. Adolescent. Alcoholism -- prevention & control. Alcoholism -- Prevention. Teenagers -- Alcohol use. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141612

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ISBN:	9781452265070 1452265070 9781452233734 145223373X 9780761909200 0761909192 0761909206 9780761909194
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-115) and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary:	Making use of the most recent literature on the subject, this volume conveys the significance of adolescent alcohol use as a social and clinical problem, describes effective interventions and points to future lines of research.
Other form:	Print version: Windle, Michael T. Alcohol use among adolescents. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©1999

Table of Contents:

1. Scope of adolescent alcohol use : an introduction
Brief history of alcohol use
Alcohol use, substance use, and conduct problems
Biological aspects of alcohol
Epidemiology of alcohol-related behaviors among adolescents
Epidemiology of adolescent alcohol disorders
Theories and models of adolescent alcohol use
Summary
2. Measurement and diagnosis
Survey questions
Screening measures
Clinical diagnosis of alcohol disorders
Summary
3. Risk and protective factors
Individual factors
Peer influences
Family influences
Societal and community-level factors
Summary
4. Approaches to the prevention of alcohol use and abuse
Substance use preventive interventions
Social policy interventions
Treatment approaches
Summary
5. Conceptual and methodological issues and future research directions
Conceptual issues
Risk and protective factors
Preventions and treatment research
Summary.