Psychological Disorders, Children - Social Issues, Clinical Medicine
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Overview
This book presents a clear, balanced, nonjudgmental discussion of teens and alcohol. Topics covered include alcohol in US. society, drinking and driving, teenage drinking and personal choice teenage drinking problems, the physiology of drinking alcohol, alchol and drugs, the cost of alcohol abuse whether alcoholism is a disease, and treatment and recovery programs.Discusses teenage drinking, its causes and effects, and how one can get help to overcome the habit.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 6 UpThis update of a standard overview of alcohol and teenage drinking sports a new look with different typefaces and new illustrations. Many of the posed, black-and-white photos feature teens, but the pictures are darkly reproduced and serve mainly to break up the text. The arrangement is mostly the same as in the earlier version, but the previous chapter entitled "Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism" has been divided and expanded into "Alcohol and Other Drugs" and "Is Alcoholism a Disease?" which reflects new knowledge and additional understanding. Sections of other chapters have been rewritten to include recent surveys and studies. The text is readable, logical, and a good choice for reports. The list of organizations includes phone numbers and Web site addresses. The further reading list has fewer novels, but includes magazine articles. There is enough new information here to consider this book for purchase, especially if your collection still has early 1980 copyrights.Martha Gordon, formerly at South Salem Library, NYBook Details
Published
December 31, 1981
Publisher
Franklin Watts Ltd
Pages
84
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780531042595