Citation

Pogarell O, Karamatskos E, Koller G. Monatsschr. Kinderheilkd. 2010; 158(1): 35-41.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00112-009-2059-x

PMID

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Abstract

Chronic alcohol use is associated with a wide range of somatic and psychiatric disorders and psychosocial impairments. Due to an increased vulnerability during brain maturation, children and adolescents are at high risk, in particular regarding the development of neurobiological alterations. Alcohol use is common among young people in Germany, as are problems caused by risky drinking habits such as binge drinking behaviour. Suicide rates and the frequency of suicide attempts by young people in connection with alcohol abuse have more than tripled; therefore, alcohol use among children and adolescents has become a major public health issue. Due to potentially permanent alterations in development, effective preventive strategies are mandatory. © Springer Medizin Verlag 2009.

Language: de

Keywords

adolescent; human; child; alcoholism; suicide attempt; Addiction; Alcoholism; Binge drinking; review; alcohol consumption; mental disease; disease association; drinking behavior; psychosocial disorder; Alcohol abuse; Neurobiology; brain maturation; public health problem; public health insurance