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Young heavy drinkers: if there is a problem, is there a solution?
Author(s) -
May Carl
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1993.tb00219.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , psychological intervention , politics , psychology , social capital , heavy drinking , capital (architecture) , alcohol industry , public health , environmental health , suicide prevention , social psychology , political science , psychiatry , poison control , medicine , business , advertising , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , law , history
Abstract Alcohol use and misuse amongst adolescents and young adults is a source of political and public concern in the UK. Much energy and capital is invested by Government and Industry in attempts to persuade young people to adopt patterns of sensible drinking. In this paper it is argued that levels of chronic alcohol‐related problems amongst this age group are low, and that those alcohol‐related problems encountered are those which are least amenable to interventions which attempt to persuade drinkers to behave in a ‘sensible’ or ‘moderate’ way. The paper explores the implications of current knowledge about adolescent drinking behaviours for health professionals working in the community.