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Why is it important to consider teen drinking a problem?

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Judith Welles Cousins
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner
judithwellescousinslcsw.com  
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Judith has worked in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 1988,  She received her Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonweatlh University in 1991 and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 1994.  In her private practice, Judith sees adults, families, children and adolescents, and couples. She addresses such issues as substance abuse, depession, anxiety, family discord, couple conflict, poor school performance, and  life transitions. Judith believes that within each individual, family, and couple are the resources to change, heal, and thrive.  Through the process of psychotherapy, she assists clients to identify and use these resources to gain personal and relational well-being.      

Why is it important to consider teen drinking a problem?

 

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Host: Why is it important to consider teen drinking a problem?

Judith Welles Cousins: It's really important to consider and to think about and talk about alcohol and drug use in teens because the group -- teens are in that group in which there is the highest number of individuals who are using alcohol and drugs.

So that's number one, they are in it. They are in a big, huge a cohort of those folks who actually use alcohol and drugs and that's really important. Second thing that's important is that teenagers are in a period in their life where they are still developing both physiologically and also neurochemically, their brain is still in development and so it's important to consider that when we are thinking about teens using alcohol and other drugs. 1

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