Front Cover -- Swimming With Crocodiles -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1 Extreme Drinking -- Chapter 2 A History of Intoxication: Changing Attitudes to Drunkenness and Excess in the United Kingdom -- Chapter 3 Beyond Boundaries: Youth and the Dream of the Extreme -- Chapter 4 What Motivates Extreme Drinking? -- Chapter 5 Focus Group Results -- Chapter 6 Stakeholders and Their Roles -- Chapter 7 Extreme Drinking, Young People, and Feasible Policy -- Chapter 8 Feasible Interventions: Tackling Extreme Drinking in Young People -- Annex 1 Procedures for Focus Groups on Extreme Drinking -- Annex 2 Guiding Questions for Focus Groups -- Index
Summary
Examines extreme drinking among young people around the world. This title explores the factors that motivate extreme drinking behaviour, cultural contexts, prevention and policy. It also includes results of focus groups conducted with young people in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom