Neurology Now. 7(6):23-24,26-28, December/January 2011.
What does alcohol do to the teenage brain? Here, Neurology Now examines why the young brain is more susceptible to damage from substance abuse and what the short- and long-term effects of excessive alcohol use may be. Toren Volkmann, a co-author of From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle with Drinking, offers his own cautionary tale of teenage drinking and recovery.