Why are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?
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The Risks of Teen Drinking and Drug Use
Why is it important to consider teen drinking a problem?
Isn't teen drinking normal?
Are there significant risks to teen drinking and drug use and what are they?
Why are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?
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Judith Welles Cousins
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner
703-921-1166
jwcousins91@hotmail.com
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 are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?
Host: Why are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?
Judith Welles Cousins: I think the biggest reason that teens are susceptible to the significant risks in using alcohol and other drugs is physiological and neurochemical which means that teens are not done yet in terms of their growth and development and so that puts them in a vulnerable position both physiologically and also brain wise to the effects of alcohol and drugs.
Alcohol and drugs are -- create a toxicity within a system, within the body system and the brain system and because they are not yet developed, their brain is not yet where it is supposed to be, their bodies are not yet where they will be, then that allows -- that means that they are more vulnerable to the toxicity of alcohol and drugs and that's the biggest reason. 1
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Host: Why are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?
Judith Welles Cousins: I think the biggest reason that teens are susceptible to the significant risks in using alcohol and other drugs is physiological and neurochemical which means that teens are not done yet in terms of their growth and development and so that puts them in a vulnerable position both physiologically and also brain wise to the effects of alcohol and drugs.
Alcohol and drugs are -- create a toxicity within a system, within the body system and the brain system and because they are not yet developed, their brain is not yet where it is supposed to be, their bodies are not yet where they will be, then that allows -- that means that they are more vulnerable to the toxicity of alcohol and drugs and that's the biggest reason. 1
What do parents need to look for when considering teen alcohol abuse?
What are the signs at home that a teen is drinking?
What are the signs at school that a teen is drinking?
What are the ways that a teen's personal behavior indicates alcohol abuse?
What are some psychological and emotional signs that a teen is drinking?
How does teen drinking affect the family specifically?
What can influence a teen to drink?
How do genetics influence teen drinking?
What are the effects of teen drinking?
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