Adolescence is a developmental period when physical and cognitive abilities are optimized,
when social skills are consolidated, and when sexuality, adolescent behaviors, and frontal …

There are two key alcohol use patterns among human adolescents that confer increased
vulnerability for later alcohol abuse/dependence, along with neurocognitive alterations:(a) …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and alcohol misuse are common among adolescents and young
adults and are associated with significant personal and societal problems. Similarly, major …

Background While alcohol use is an established risk factor for interpersonal violence, the
extent to which people are affected by interpersonal violence from others' drinking has not …

Why are adults in their twenties and thirties stuck in their parents' homes in the world's
wealthiest countries? There's no question that globalization has drastically changed the …

Objective: There is relatively little research on the childhood antecedent predictors of early-
onset alcohol use. This study examined an array of psychosocial variables assessed at age …

Study objective Opportunistic brief in-person emergency department (ED) interventions can
be effective at reducing hazardous alcohol use in young adult drinkers, but require …

The transition from high school to college is a high-risk stage for the initiation and escalation
of substance use. Substance use and its associated risk factors have been thoroughly …

Descriptive norms are consistently found to predict adolescent alcohol use but less is known
about the factors that predict descriptive norms. The objective of this study is to test if …

Background Many studies have reported that the earlier the age at first drink (AFDrink) the
higher the later drinking levels and related problems. However, unless adolescents proceed …