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

'Provides basic consumer health information for teens on the health effects of alcohol use, along with facts about identifying alcohol problems, and prevention and treatment strategies. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading'--Provided by publisher. 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

Young adults face health challenges that are vastly different from those of previous generations. While their parents benefited from new vaccines, antibiotics, and other medications, today's teens are learning that lifestyle choices also play a central role in health maintenance. The decisions they make and the habits they adopt form the foundation for lifelong wellness. Omnigraphics' Teen Health Series is a specially focused set of volumes within the highly acclaimed Health Reference Series. Each volume deals comprehensively with a topic selected according to the needs and interests of people in middle school and high school.

Underage drinking can lead to a host of negative consequences, including trouble in relationships, in school, and in social activities. Alcohol is also a leading contributor to fatal injuries, and it plays a roll in risky sexual behaviors. Furthermore, alcohol affects every organ in the body, and excessive consumption is associated with multiple adverse health consequences, including liver disease, various cancers, cardiovascular disease, neurological damage, and mental health disorders. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, associated with 75,000 deaths per year.

Alcohol Information for Teens, Second Edition provides updated information about alcohol and its effects on the body, brain, and behavior, including short-term consequences and long-term health risks to individual organs and mental well-being. It describes the risks and signs of emerging alcohol-related problems, offers information about treatments, and describesstrategies to prevent teen alcohol abuse. A special section offers facts and encouragement to children of alcoholics, and the book concludes with directories of resources for further help and information.

Provides information about alcohol and its effects on the body, brain, and behavior, including short-term consequences and long-term health risks to individual organs and mental well-being. It describes the risks and signs of emerging alcohol-related problems, offers information about treatments, and describes strategies to prevent teen alcohol abuse