How alcohol affects adolescents

Scientists have found that alcohol can be very dangerous for teens. It's not just the impact on the growing body: alcohol during puberty can lead to alcoholism in adulthood and other serious problems. Many parents believe that if teenagers will familiarize themselves with alcohol under their supervision, drinking moderately, it is wise to teach them refers to alcohol when they become adults. However, the effect may be the opposite, warn scientists from the Heidelberg German universiteta.

The researchers came to this conclusion after studying 283 alcoholic habits of young people who have reached the age of majority. Head of the research project Dr. Miriam Schneider noted that previous studies have focused only on the age when a person drinks the first time, rather than specific individual stages of development. She explained that the identification of specific phases of puberty, when a young person starts drinking, better and more clearly indicates possible problems later in life with alcohol, rather than just an indication of age. Dr. Schneider and his colleagues identified at what stage of puberty were the study participants when they first became acquainted with alcohol. Then they studied the nature of alcohol consumption in subjects aged 19, 22 and 23 years. Similar studies were conducted in parallel and krysah.

"Both studies have shown that people who start drinking during adolescence, later in life tended to consume more alcohol, and did so more frequently than those who started drinking at the end of puberty," - said Dr. Schneider. The researchers suggested that this relationship is explained by changes in the developing brain of a teenager. In this age of addictive substances - alcohol, cannabis, and so on. D. - Can have the most devastating impact on the brain. As a result, it can lead to further schizophrenia or alcoholism.

Source: drinktime.rbc.ru/news/52219.shtml