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Adolescents and alcohol: An ecological perspective

Focusing on symptoms, not causes. Political, media focus shifts from issue to issue:Now binge drinkingAt other times: illicit drugs, eating disorders, crime, suicide, bullying, depression?Next self-harm?Symptom-based approach not addressing underlying causes.Seeing young people as ?a problem th

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Adolescents and alcohol: An ecological perspective

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    1. Adolescents and alcohol: An ecological perspective Richard Eckersley founding director of Australia 21, and a visiting fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University. richard.eckersley@anu.edu.au Web: nceph.anu.edu.au

    2. Focusing on symptoms, not causes Political, media focus shifts from issue to issue: Now binge drinking At other times: illicit drugs, eating disorders, crime, suicide, bullying, depression… Next self-harm? Symptom-based approach not addressing underlying causes. Seeing young people as ‘a problem that needs fixing’?

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