Young people and alcohol : impact, policy, prevention, treatment / Edited by John B. Saunders MD, FRACP, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane and Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia, Joseph M. Rey MD, PhD, FRANZCP, Head of Psychiatry, Notre Dame University Medical School, Sydney and Honorary Professor, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The phenomenon of youth drinking / Fiona Measham and Jeanette Østergaard -- Early onset drinking / Shauncie M. Skidmore, Rose A. Juhasz, and Robert A. Zucker -- The short and long term consequences of adolescent alcohol use / Joseph M. Boden and David M. Fergusson -- The biology of alcohol and alcohol misuse / John B. Saunders -- Alcohol and the developing brain / Linda Patia Spear -- Genetic influences on alcohol use and alcohol use disorders / Michael T. Lynskey and Arpana Agrawal -- Alcohol policy and the prevention of harm in young people / John B. Saunders, Peter Anderson, and Joseph M. Rey -- Community-based approaches to prevention : reducing high-risk drinking and alcohol related damage among youth and young adults / Norman Giesbrecht and Linda Bosma -- Brief alcohol intervention in young people / Eileen F.S. Kaner and Bridgette M. Bewick -- Preventing and responding to alcohol misuse in specific contexts : schools, colleges, the military / Joseph M. Rey and Robert F. Saltz -- The clinical interview of youth about alcohol use / Yvonne Bonomo -- Detection, evaluation and diagnosis of alcohol use disorders / Maree Teesson, Sonja Memedovic, Louise Mewton, Tim Slade and Andrew Baillie -- Recognition and acute management of severe alcohol intoxication and withdrawal in youth / Federico E. Vaca and Rockan Sayegh -- Working with families of adolescents who misuse alcohol / Lorna Templeton -- Psychosocial treatment for adolescents with alcohol use disorders / Deborah Deas and Andrew Clark -- Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of alcohol dependence in the young / Bankole A. Johnson -- Alcoholics Anonymous and young people / John F. Kelly and Julie D. Yeterian -- Epidemiology and management of alcohol misuse comorbid with other disorders / Katherine M. Keyes and Deborah S. Hasin.