Neurocognitive Functioning of Adolescents: Effects of Protracted Alcohol Use

Brown, Sandra A.; Tapert, Susan F.; Granholm, Eric; Delis, Dean C.

doi:10.1097/00000374-200002000-00005

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“…Alcohol-dependent drinkers perform more poorly on incongruent trials (the word red in green ink) on the classic Stroop test than do control participants (e.g., Stetter et al 1995;Stormark et al 2000). Alcohol-related cognitive impairments are not limited to heavy and prolonged drinking (Brown et al 2000); even small doses of alcohol can impair ECF and inhibitory processes (Vogel-Sprott et al 2001). Wells and Matthews (1999) suggested that distraction for disorder-specific stimuli is not isolated from the rest of cognitive system, including the ECF.…”

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Alcohol attentional bias: drinking salience or cognitive impairment?

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2006

Psychopharmacology

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Alcohol attentional bias: drinking salience or cognitive impairment?

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2006

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“…Champion et al [5] observed that the risk of adolescents girls becoming the victim of unwanted sexual activity increases about three times if they binge drink. Reviews of research on neurocognitive effects of alcohol on adolescents and college students, as well as animal models of adolescence, have shown that the adolescent brain is particularly sensitive to the damaging effects of alcohol [3,9,11,12,20,25].…”

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Adolescent alcohol intoxication in Dutch hospital centers of pediatrics: characteristics and gender differences

2011

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Gender differences in alcohol intoxication among adolescents are still largely unknown, whereas these differences have been studied in adults. To investigate possible differences, this study analyzed pediatric admissions for alcohol intoxication to the majority of Dutch hospitals between 2007 and 2009. Another aim was to explore key characteristics (e.g. blood alcohol concentration, duration of reduced consciousness, and age) and trends of alcohol intoxication among adolescents in the period 2007-2009. We analyzed data from the Dutch Pediatric Surveillance system, which monitors alcohol intoxication among children in pediatric departments of Dutch hospitals. Patients aged 11-17 years with reduced consciousness due to alcohol intoxication were included. The number of adolescents admitted with alcohol intoxication increased sharply from 2007 to 2009. The average age of the patients treated for alcohol intoxication increased from 15.3 years in 2007 and 15.4 years in 2008 to 15.7 years in 2009. The duration of reduced consciousness due to alcohol intoxication also increased over the 3-year period: from 2.2 to 3.1 h. Gender differences were observed regarding alcohol intoxication characteristics. Most strikingly, intoxicated girls were younger (15.3 vs. 15.7 years), had a lower blood alcohol concentration (1.79 vs. 1.94 g/l) and were hospitalized for shorter times than boys. No association was found between alcohol intoxication and other, possibly illicit drug use. The drinks most consumed prior to hospital admission were spirits and beer. Alcohol intoxication among adolescents is an emerging problem. Differences in intoxication characteristics between boys and girls were observed. These findings are important for future prevention and intervention strategies. In the Netherlands, special policlinics for children with alcohol intoxication have already been established.

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“…During adolescence there are significant neuroanatomical and neuromaturation changes occurring that are reflected in maturation of abstract reasoning, affect, and cognition (Andersen, 2003;Brown et al, 2000). Although the effect of pesticides on the nervous system of adolescents is unknown, mostly due to limited studies (Adams et al, 2000;Brown et al, 2000), it is reasonable to assume that children up to the age of 18 who still experience rapid changes in their body systems are at high risk for chemical insult (Spear, 2002).…”

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