Picherot G, Urbain J, Dreno L, Caldagues E, Caquard M, Pernel A-S, Amar M
Unité de médecine de l'adolescent, clinique médicale pédiatrique, CHU de Nantes, Quai Moncousu, 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France.
Arch Pediatr. 2010 May;17(5):583-7. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2009.12.007.
Age of first drink in France and Western countries is early. National and international surveys confirm this early onset. Drunkenness, which is the most obvious drinking outcome, seems to rise amongst young adolescents. Consequences of this precocity are considerable. At short-term, drunk teenagers are more frequently victims of accidents. In addition, they are more vulnerable to sexual abuses, as victims but also as perpetrators. At medium- and long-terms, the early development of alcohol use is linked to higher levels of later drinking dependence. Three explanatory ways for this precocity are developed: family's influence, role of advertising and media, and role of peers. When alcohol meets adolescence, it is sometimes a real storm. Prevention is uneasy because of the very commonplace of alcohol at home. It can concern family level or society level. As for tobacco, society intervention is needed to delay age of first drink and limit teenager alcohol use but this should not involved adolescents condemnation.
在法国及西方国家，首次饮酒的年龄较早。国内和国际调查都证实了这种早期开始饮酒的现象。醉酒是最明显的饮酒后果，在青少年中似乎有上升趋势。这种早熟的后果相当严重。短期内，醉酒的青少年更频繁地成为事故受害者。此外，他们更容易受到性虐待，无论是作为受害者还是施害者。从中长期来看，饮酒行为的早期发展与后期更高的饮酒依赖水平有关。针对这种早熟现象，有三种解释途径：家庭的影响、广告和媒体的作用以及同伴的作用。当酒精遇上青春期，有时会引发一场真正的风暴。由于酒精在家庭中非常常见，预防工作并不容易。这可能涉及家庭层面或社会层面。与烟草一样，需要社会干预来推迟首次饮酒的年龄并限制青少年饮酒，但这不应该涉及对青少年的谴责。
