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Teens Who Drink with their Parents Drink More Outside of Home
January 28, 2010 – 12:41 pm

Parents who try to teach responsible drinking by letting their teenagers have alcohol at home may be well intentioned, but they may also be wrong, according to a new study in the latest issue of …

Research Finds Better Ways to Predict Violent Behaviors
September 26, 2009 – 9:00 am

New research shows that diagnosing severe personality disorders, evaluating the childhood environment, assessing alcohol consumption, and analyzing the MAOA genotype may provide more accurate means for assessing risk among violent offenders, according to the Finnish …

Young Men Living with Parents More Likely to be Violent and Have Alcohol Problems
July 20, 2009 – 11:58 am

A new study by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London finds that young men who stay at home with their parents tend to be more violent than those who live independently. Researchers also found …

Genetic Cause of Fetal Alcohol-Related Developmental Disorders Found
June 11, 2009 – 11:17 am

A new animal study found a specific genetic cause of fetal alcohol-related developmental disorders. When pregnant women consume alcohol, the genetic processes that control thyroid hormone levels in the fetal brain are interfered with.
Fetal alcohol …

Smoking Declines While Drug and Alcohol Use Remain Steady
June 4, 2009 – 3:35 pm

A new report on substance abuse and mental health shows that while more people are quitting smoking (or not starting in the first place), alcohol and illicit drug use still remain steady. The study also …

Allowing Children to Drink Can Lead to Binge Drinking
June 2, 2009 – 11:46 am

By Meghan O’Dell
Legal drinking ages are as varied as the states and countries that impose them. In the United Kingdom, you can legally give alcohol to any child over 5 years old, but you cannot …

Use Science to Talk to Your Teens about Drinking
May 21, 2009 – 5:25 pm

If you’re a parent, you should assume that your child will be tempted to drink on prom night and other celebrations that mark the end of the school year. In a 2005 survey of high …