Psychological Changes and Cognitive Impairments in Adolescent Heavy Drinkers
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Psychological changes and cognitive impairments in adolescent heavy drinkers.
AIMS Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by increased risk-taking behavior, including the initiation of alcohol and other substance use. In this brief review paper we describe psychological and cognitive constructs that are associated with heavy drinking during adolescence. These associations raise the question of causality: is alcohol somehow neurotoxic, or can we identify spec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1464-3502,0735-0414
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt162