Alcohol at school - A reflection on prevention and consequence

Abstract

This scientific review paper about consumption, neurobiology and effects of alcohol intend to promote a reflection about intervention programs, especially primary programs, since the target audience is teenagers in a school environment. Therefore the school subsystem has a crucial function, which may correspond to less healthy changes of their habits at a crucial stage of its development. Knowing that the school has a privileged contact with students, whether through the educational environment, either by the time spent in school, is of particular interest that this subsystem can detect risk behaviors and consequent referral and forward it to the competent authorities/support. So it is essential to equip the school of adequate training programs of social skills and emotional management, as it is, in this environment and crucial time of development, that adolescents train and learn to say no to the consumption of addictive substances, particularly alcohol, and train self-esteem, self-concept and resilience, primordial characteristics well-being and indelible protective factors.