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Articles on adolescent drinking

December 4, 2018

How parents and teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol

Katherine Mills, University of Sydney and Natalie Peach, University of Sydney

Some 80% of young people will experience a traumatic event by the time they become an adult. Here's how teachers and parents can support them.

January 25, 2018

Nicole De Wet, University of the Witwatersrand

When after-school clubs aren't properly monitored, they can become risky spaces.

July 20, 2017

Jacqueline Bowden, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and Robin Room, La Trobe University

Teenagers pick up cues about drinking from you and your family. Here's how you can help them develop a healthier relationship with alcohol.

August 14, 2015

Susan Goldstein, University of the Witwatersrand

With South Africa's consumption levels higher than the worldwide average, interventions to change the country's drinking habits are critical.

Robin Room
Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
Katherine Mills
Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
Susan Goldstein
Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Nicole De Wet
Senior Lecturer, Demography and Population Studies, Schools of Social Sciences and Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Jacqueline Bowden
PhD candidate, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide and Manager, Population Health Research, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Natalie Peach
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney