Adolescents are the most vulnerable group for alcohol-related diseases, as starting to drink at a young age is associated with an increased risk of alcohol dependence in adulthood. Young people tend to drink large amounts of alcohol in order to seek out strong emotions and for reaching fun at all costs through the psychotropic properties of alcohol. The behavioral motivations of this kind of drinking (binge drinking) depend on the lack of awareness of the harmful effects of alcohol, in the rite of social conviviality (a condition for which alcohol is attributed to the function of facilitating the aggregation among young people), in the absence of personal interests, lack of controls and family habits. Actions to be taken to limit or stop harmful alcohol consumption in young people should be based on interventions aimed at delaying the age of first contact with alcoholic beverages through the implementation of educational campaigns aimed at young people, their families and the whole society.

Treatment of alcohol dependence. Alcohol and young: social point of view / Alessandrini, Giovanni; Ciccarelli, Rosaria; Battagliese, Gemma; Giuseppe, Lombardo; DE ROSA, Francesca; Messina, Marisa Patrizia; Vitali, Mario; Pisciotta, Fabiola; Miriana, Nanut; Attilia, Maria Luisa; Ceccanti, Mauro; & Interdisciplinary Study Group CRARL, ; Sitac, Sitd. - In: RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA. - ISSN 0035-6484. - 53:3(2018), pp. 113-117. [10.1708/2925.29412]

Treatment of alcohol dependence. Alcohol and young: social point of view

Giovanni Alessandrini;Rosaria Ciccarelli;Gemma Battagliese;DE ROSA, FRANCESCA;Marisa Patrizia Messina;Mario Vitali;Fabiola Pisciotta;Maria Luisa Attilia;Mauro Ceccanti;
2018

Abstract

Adolescents are the most vulnerable group for alcohol-related diseases, as starting to drink at a young age is associated with an increased risk of alcohol dependence in adulthood. Young people tend to drink large amounts of alcohol in order to seek out strong emotions and for reaching fun at all costs through the psychotropic properties of alcohol. The behavioral motivations of this kind of drinking (binge drinking) depend on the lack of awareness of the harmful effects of alcohol, in the rite of social conviviality (a condition for which alcohol is attributed to the function of facilitating the aggregation among young people), in the absence of personal interests, lack of controls and family habits. Actions to be taken to limit or stop harmful alcohol consumption in young people should be based on interventions aimed at delaying the age of first contact with alcoholic beverages through the implementation of educational campaigns aimed at young people, their families and the whole society.
2018
alcohol; young people; binge drinking; social aspects
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Treatment of alcohol dependence. Alcohol and young: social point of view / Alessandrini, Giovanni; Ciccarelli, Rosaria; Battagliese, Gemma; Giuseppe, Lombardo; DE ROSA, Francesca; Messina, Marisa Patrizia; Vitali, Mario; Pisciotta, Fabiola; Miriana, Nanut; Attilia, Maria Luisa; Ceccanti, Mauro; & Interdisciplinary Study Group CRARL, ; Sitac, Sitd. - In: RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA. - ISSN 0035-6484. - 53:3(2018), pp. 113-117. [10.1708/2925.29412]
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