[Alcoholism in the young].

Abstract

The ideas on alcoholism have somehow changed during these last years. In the past, ideas were axed mainly on the individual causes of alcoholism; today we are more interested on the sociocultural factors. Statistics prove, on the other hand, that there is a considerable increase of alcoholism by the youth. Young people begin earlier ordinary consumption of alcohol, or take alcohol with drugs, or replace hard drugs by alcohol. It is very urgent to study this new phenomenon, and to think about new structures, in order to take care of the victims of this new pathology.