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Adolescent drinking in our intoxicated State
This document discusses the harms of adolescent alcohol use and the influence of parents. It notes that alcohol is the world's number one risk factor for poor health among those aged 25-59. Early and regular teen drinking is linked to increased risks of alcohol and drug problems, accidents, and mental health issues. While parents often underestimate their influence on teen drinking and view it as inevitable, parental drinking, provision of alcohol to children, and lack of rules/monitoring are associated with higher teen drinking risks. The document calls for addressing Ireland's culture of unhealthy drinking and empowering parents to reduce risks to adolescents.
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- 3. Overview • Update onsome harms • Culture & Language • Influence of adults
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- 8. “… in thepopulation aged 25–59 years alcohol is the world’s number one risk factor for impaired health and premature death, and far more significant than unsafe sex, tobacco use or diabetes.”
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- 10. Teens, Alcohol andAnxiety
- 11. The Adolescent brain– a work in progress Giedd et al, 1999, Nature Neuroscience, 2, 861-863 http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/prbrainmaturing.cfm
- 12. Zeigler DW etal (2004) "Underage alcohol is associated with brain damage and neurocognitive deficits, with implication for learning and intellectual development" Casey & Jones (2010) “Many studies have reported altered brain structure and function in alcohol dependent or abusing adolescents…… smaller frontal & hippocampal volumes……suggesting that early adolescence may be a period of heightened risk to alcohol’s neurotoxic effects”
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- 17. Adolescents and SubstanceUse: The handbook for professionals working with young people “This highly practical manual presents an ideal introduction to adolescent substance use. It offers invaluable guidance for all professionals involved with adolescents including social workers, health and social care professionals, family support workers, teachers, counsellors, mental health teams, A&E staff, police and probation officers. The approach these practitioners take in dealing with the problem has considerable influence over outcomes” http://www.radcliffehealth.com/shop/adolescents-and-su
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- 23. Moral language anddiscourse around alcohol “Drink Responsibly” “Drink Moderately” “Drink Sensibly”
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- 25. At what ageis that Irish people loose their ability to have the ‘craic’ without alcohol?
- 26. van Hout M.C.A.(2009) Rural Remote Health 9: 1171 • Parents underestimate their influence • View drinking as inevitable • Give drink in effort to exert control • Too busy to supervise
- 27. Ryan et al,2010. Systematic Review 1. Parental drinking increases risk 2. Provision of alcohol by parents to their children increases risk 3. Presence of clear rules in the family home reduces risk 4. Parental monitoring of their children’s activities reduces risk 5. Warmth and affection in the relationship between parents and children reduces risk 6. General positive communication between parents and children reduces risk
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- 31. Key Messages • Unhealthydrinking is the norm in Ireland • For the first time ever, an Irish government appears willing to name and tackle this • Our generation of adults has permitted alcohol use to move earlier into adolesnce • Early onset drinking is associated with mutliple risks and NO benefits • The more teenagers drink, the more likely they are to experience anxiety and depressive symptoms • Parents are a powerful influence, but often misunderstand what they can do to reduce risk.