Binge drinking in adolescents and college students / Cecile A. Marczinski, Estee C. Grant, Vincent J. Grant.
| Author/creator | Marczinski, Cecile A. |
| Other author | Grant, Estee C. |
| Other author | Grant, Vincent J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science, |
| Description | x, 210 p. ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Differentiating binge drinking from social drinking and chronic drinking/alcoholism -- Binge drinking demographics -- Definition of a binge -- Social and environmental factors and binge drinking -- Neurocognitive and health effects of binge drinking in adolescents and college students -- Animal models of adolescent and adult binge alcohol use -- Binge drinking, impaired driving and other health risk behaviors -- Binge drinking and emergency department visits -- Screening and brief interventions in the emergency department -- Behavioral control models and alcohol : why loss of control over drinking might stem from neurocognitive changes when drinking -- Binge drinkers and their particular vulnerability to the acute effects of alcohol -- Binge drinking and alcohol tolerance -- Before the first drink : at risk individuals for the binge consumption of alcohol -- Alcohol expectancies and binge alcohol use -- Trendy cocktails : mixing energy drinks and alcohol -- Prevention and intervention strategies -- Binge drinking in young people : where do we go from here? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-192) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008055486 |
| ISBN | 9781606920374 (hardcover) |