Alcohol and Youth 2

Wednesday, 26 November 2008 11:00 - 12:20, Bayside 102

Chair

Mr Tony Trimingham

Family Drug Support

Predicting Young Adult Alcohol Related Impairment Associated with Alcohol Consumption: A Longitudinal Study

Prof Jake M Najman, The University of Queensland

Is the age of initiation of alcohol consumption in Australia decreasing?

Dr Toby Freeman, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University

Are young people really drinking twice as much as their parents? Evidence from an Australian birth cohort study

Dr Rosa Alati, The University of Queensland

Young people, AOD and mental health. Early intervention in youth friendly settings – the headspace initiative

Mr Peter Orchard, headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation