This book will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners working with the issue of alcohol in the adolescent population and their families. The book is divided into several sections with an extensive and user friendly index.

Publisher: Freund Publishing House Ltd.

 

 

Editors: Isack Kandel, Ph.D., Joav Merrick, M.D., Leo Sher, M.D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
J John Mann, MD

Introduction. Adolescence, alcohol and suicide
Leo Sher, Isack Kandel, and Joav Merrick

SECTION ONE: RISK FACTORS

Chapter 1. Adolescent alcohol disorders and cardiovascular risk
Dawn L Thatcher and Duncan B Clark

Chapter 2. Alcohol and road safety behavior
Helena M McAnally and Kypros Kypri

Chapter 3. Alcohol, impulsive behavior and guns

Catherine A Martin, Arch G Mainous III, Harriett H Ford, Rosalie Mainous, Susan Slade, David Martin, and Hatim A Omar

SECTION TWO: ALCOHOL AND SUICIDE

Chapter 4. Alcohol and suicide rates
Leo Sher

Chapter 5. Borderline personality disorder, impulsivity, suicidality and alcohol use disorders
Scott T Wilson, Eric A Fertuck, Abbie Kwitel, Melissa C Morris, and Barbara Stanley

Chapter 6. Impulsive-aggressive traits, suicidal behavior and alcoholism

Juan J Carballo, Maria A Oquendo, Lucas Giner, Gil Zalsman, Ansley M Roche, and Leo Sher

SECTION THREE: ALCOHOL AND DRUGS

Chapter 7. Brief motivational interviewing and drug related problems
Jerry L Grenard, Susan L Ames, Mary Ann Pentz, and Steve Sussman

Chapter 8. Alcohol and drug use among Israeli adolescents
Michal Molcho, Yossi Harel, and Dina O Lache

SECTION FOUR: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 9. Alcohol and youth in Hong Kong
Vivian WQ Lou and Daniel TL Shek

Chapter 10. Social aspects of heavy drinking in a French survey
Patrick Peretti-Watel, François Beck, and Stéphane Legleye

Chapter 11. The drink, drugs and sex behavioural axis in English Secondary School pupils
Colin Pritchard and Malcolm Cox

Chapter 12. Smoking parents and the drink, drug and sexual activity of their children
Malcolm Cox and Colin Pritchard

SECTION FIVE: CLINICAL ASPECTS

Chapter 13. Alcohol, adolescent and primary care setting

Juan J Carballo, Maria A Oquendo, Lucas Giner, Pedro Garcia-Parajua, Jorge J Iglesias, Pablo H Goldberg, Gil Zalsman, Sadia R Chaudhury, and Leo Sher

Chapter 14. Alcohol related disorders, adolescents and the emergency room

Juan J Carballo, Maria A Oquendo, Maria Garcia-Moreno, Belen Poza, Lucas Giner, Enrique Baca, Gil Zalsman, Ansley M Roche, and Leo Sher

Chapter 15. Screening of adolescents for alcohol use in the emergency room
Anne M Fairlie, Holly A Sindelar, Cheryl A Eaton, and Anthony Spirito

Chapter 16. Screening for alcohol use disorders in adolescents
Duncan B Clark, Tammy Chung, and Christopher Martin

Chapter 17. The stigma of alcohol misuse
Ron B Aviram

Chapter 18. Eating disorders and alcohol
Alexis H Conason and Leo Sher

SECTION SIX: SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND LEISURE

Chapter 19. Alcohol use, antisocial behavior and social competence among urban minority youth
Kenneth W Griffin and Gilbert J Botvin

Chapter 20. Alcopop, television, music video and adolescents
Jan Van den Bulck, Kathleen Beullens, and Joost Mulder

Chapter 21. Binge drinking, entertainment and music magazine reading among juvenile offenders
Steven R Thomsen and Dag Rekve

Chapter 22. Binge drinking and transition to college
Peter W Vik, Tony Cellucci, Jill Hedt, and Melinda Jorgensen

Chapter 23. College age alcohol disorders and insecure attachment
Kimberly M Kotov

SECTION SEVEN: NEUROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Chapter 24. Modified dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test
Leo Sher, Thomas B Cooper, J John Mann, and Maria Oquendo

Chapter 25. Effects of naltrexone (NTX) on the acquisition of alcohol drinking during periadolescence and adulthood
Helen JK Sable, Richard L Bell, Zachary A Rodd, and William J McBride

SECTION EIGHT: EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

Chapter 26. fMRI studies of the pathophysiology of cognitive abnormalities
Leo Sher

Chapter 27. Substance use and pubertal maturation

Catherine Martin, TK Logan, Carl Leukefeld, Rich Milich, Hatim A Omar, and Richard Clayton

Chapter 28. Long term effects of fetal alcohol syndrome
Joav Merrick, Efrat Merrick, Mohammed Morad, and Isack Kandel

SECTION NINE: TREATMENT

Chapter 29. Psychotherapy in the treatment of suicidal behavior
Alexis H Conason, Maria A Oquendo, and Leo Sher

Chapter 30. Family based treatment
Cynthia L Rowe and Howard A Liddle

SECTION TEN: POLICY AND PRACTICE

Chapter 31. Practice and policy to reduce adolescent alcohol abuse
Lester M Coleman and Suzanne Cater

Chapter 32. Legal aspects of random drug and alcohol testing of students
Irene Estrin and Leo Sher

SECTION ELEVEN: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 33. About the authors

Chapter 34. About the editors

Chapter 35. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel

SECTION TWELVE: INDEX

Index