Prevenção do uso abusivo de álcool por adolescentes

Abstract

This study deals with abusive use of alcohol by adolescents and young people. The abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages is currently a public health problem throughout the world and is present in alarming numbers in important life cycle: the adolescence. The beginning of use of alcoholic beverages has happened ever smaller age, increasing the risk of dependency in the future. Because the adolescence is a critical period of growth and development, the abusive use of alcohol can bring on serious damages to physical, psychological and mental health. In order to face this problem is urgent the implementation of preventive strategies that involve the family, the school, the various segments of society, and especially teenagers, with their inquiries and contradictions. In this work is discussed the importance and the different forms of prevention of abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages, whose goal is to make young people think and reflect on a critical manner about his life, desires, frustrations and his future, pointing him the paths that lead to more responsible choices and attitudes more healthy. The research, an exploratory study of a descriptive nature about the theme, is characterized by analysis based on material already prepared, consisted primarily of books, articles of journals, electronic magazines, masters degree dissertations, Internet sites, from databases: Lilacs, Medline, Scielo and Bireme, Ibecs, publications in national and international organizations and thesis. These reflections on the beginning of adolescent contact with alcohol, the risks exposes and current and future consequences of that behavior, will serve as a basis for developing a preventive strategy of family health team, directed to children, adolescents and young adults, to be established in a near future.