Guest posting: How To Choose The Right Drug And Alcohol Rehab For Teens

This post was contributed by Patricia Bright at Woburn Addiction Treatment center: How To Choose The Right Drug And Alcohol Rehab For Teens Today there are many different kinds of rehabilitation programs available for teens and adults, and every drug rehab center has its unique style of treatment and attribute. There is a lot of […]

Teens who grow up in affluent neighborhoods were found to be more likely to develop addiction problems in their 20’s:   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4558796/Privileged-teenagers-GREATER-risk-addiction.html  

A new study published in Psychological Medicine journal, published by the Cambridge University Press, showed that it may be fine for parents to let their children have a few sips of liquor if they want to ensure their offspring, when they grow into teenagers, do not drink as heavily as those who are introduced to alcohol by […]

A new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests that being allowed to drink at home at an earlier age interacts with family structure in terms of its tendency to correlate with later drinking problems. The study found that “Teens living with both biological parents who were allowed to drink at […]

This article offers this on how to manage when your teen’s friend has parents that allow alcohol or serve alcohol: http://yourteenmag.com/2015/09/when-other-parents-allow-alcohol/?utm_source=Weekly+Emails&utm_campaign=6bff3e3132-Expert_Advice_from_Your_Teen_Media&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_418d895dd9-6bff3e3132-408240285&mc_cid=6bff3e3132&mc_eid=f18f5a8f38  

A new study published online in Neurobiology of Disease has found that “intermittent alcohol exposure during the adolescent stage of development… altered the activity of genes needed for normal brain maturation….The gene alterations increased anxiety-like behaviours and preference for alcohol in adulthood.” http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/binge-drinking-as-teenagers-results-in-anxious-adults_1572502.html

Past studies have shown that binge drinking exposes an individual to an increased risk of hypertension, weight gain and type-2 diabetes. More recent research suggests that these effects may be more pronounced in teenagers and adolescents. http://cooks.ndtv.com/article/show/why-teenagers-should-avoid-binge-drinking-613436