While it is common for people to try alcohol in adolescence, alcohol use in teens can be detrimental to health and may affect brain development and mental health. While teens usually drink less often ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD, director of the University at Buffalo’s Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA), has been appointed to the Program Advisory Board of the National ...

Objective To estimate and compare the optimal cut-off score of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT-C in identifying at-risk alcohol consumption, heavy episodic alcohol use, ICD ...

The adolescent brain is built to learn, and during this period areas critical in learning and memory, such as the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, have high levels of plasticity and are easily ...

"Like father, like son? Can parenting styles break the intergenerational pattern of alcohol and drug use?" A group of Brazilian researchers analyzed data on the behavior of 4,280 adolescents and their ...

No level of alcohol is safe for the brain and even light drinking is linked to an increased risk for dementia, results of a large observational study suggested. The research combined observational ...

Adolescents who use social media such as Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok every day are more likely to engage in risky behavior, according to a new study. Children as young as 10 are at greater ...

Teens who have parental permission to drink are more likely to develop unhealthy relationships with alcohol as adults, a study says Getty Stock Photo Allowing underage teens to drink alcohol at home ...