Little information is available on alcohol use in children up to age 10, although rates appear
to be low. This age-group is not without risk, however. In fact, numerous nonspecific and …

COfert. nlike the goddess Athena. who was full grown when plucked from the head of Zeus,
severe alcohol problems and alcoholism do not arise suddenly and in full form in adults …

Forty years ago, when the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) was
founded, alcoholism was considered an adult disease driven principally by physiological …

This chapter takes a normative developmental perspective on the etiology of alcohol use,
focusing on the initiation and course of alcohol use (rather than alcohol use disorders) …

For many people, experience with drinking alcohol begins in adolescence. Yet for some
youth, such early experimentation can spiral into problematic drinking patterns. Research …

Late adolescence (ie, the age-group between 16 and 20 years) is characterized by
significant changes in neurological and cognitive processes, behavioral and social …

This paper summarizes the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 2005 Research
Society on Alcoholism meeting in Santa Barbara, California, that spans the interval from …

Early adolescence is the key developmental period for the initiation of alcohol use that
progresses on to regular use and problem drinking in midadolescence, later adolescence …

Developmental pathways to underage drinking emerge before the second decade of life.
Many scientists, however, as well as the general public, continue to focus on proximal …

Numerous developmental changes occur across levels of personal organization (eg,
changes related to puberty, brain and cognitive-affective structures and functions, and family …