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The Motivation for Alcohol Reward: Predictors of Progressive-Ratio Intravenous Alcohol Self-Administration in Humans
Published on: April 28, 2022
[Alcohol abuse in adolescence: a growing problem]
L E van Kleef1, N van der Lely
1Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Reinier de Graafweg 11, 2625 AD Delft.
Abstract:
Alcohol intoxication appears to be a growing problem among adolescents in The Netherlands. Alcohol abuse has led to more hospitalisation over the last years. In the Reinier de GraafGasthuis, in Delft, there was a marked increase in the number of adolescents hospitalised due to alcohol intoxication in 2001-2005, with 2, 3,4, 5 and 8 admissions, respectively. Most of these patients drank in a domestic setting or during a school party. Usually, they drank many kinds of alcoholic beverages at the same time. The changes in drinking habits and the increase in hospitalisation of adolescents due to alcohol intoxication are of concern. This trend obliges physicians to do more research, possibly in co-operation with local policy makers and the government.
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