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The Effects and Consequences of Underage Drinking  


Author:  Office of  Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


Source: Volume 13, Number 04, Fall 2013 , pp.100-105(6)




Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth

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Abstract: 

A new OJJDP Bulletin surveys our current understanding of adolescents’ neurological, social, and emotional development, examines recent research into why youth begin drinking alcohol, and reviews literature that addresses the neurological, health, behavioral, safety, social, academic, and justice system consequences that result when youth and young adults engage in underage drinking.

Keywords: hippocampus; myelination; pharmacological; personal identity; social skills; self-esteem;experimentation; rebellion; peer group acceptance; media; family; prefrontal cortex development; impaired driving; violence

Affiliations:  1: OJJDP.

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