Posts Tagged ‘brain development in adolescence’
Underage Drinking – How Teens Can Develop an Alcohol Use Disorder Before Age 21
Underage drinking is one of the key risk factors for developing an alcohol use disorder. Alcohol use disorder is the umbrella term for drinking patterns that include binge drinking, heavy drinking, alcohol abuse and alcoholism. It is often considered a right of passage; something most teens and young adults under 21 go through. As such, the…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHD): Understand | Treat | Prevent – Break the Cycles
Secondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHD) – how does understanding it lead to prevention and treatment of substance abuse, addiction, alcoholism, underage drinking and | and/or underage drug abuse? In other words, how does it help break the cycle? Secondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHD) Explained There are several entry points to the disease of addiction (whether…
Read MoreCoping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging as a Young Person Can Cause a Young Person to Wire Unhealthy Coping Skills
Secondhand Drinking | Drugging – when a young person is “forced” to cope with a family member’s ongoing drinking or drugging behaviors, it can actually change how that young person’s brain wires. This, in turn, means it can actually change that young person’s life. Impacts of Coping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging In previous posts,…
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