Article by Donna Sparks

Alcoholism is one of the many forms of addiction that could affect both adult and adolescent alike. Sudden withdrawal from alcohol causes majority of the deaths connected with withdrawal syndromes. Unlike withdrawals from other drugs, alcohol withdrawal can be deadly. The withdrawal syndrome from alcohol can include seizures, delirium tremens, and may even lead to excito-neurotoxicity, or the process of damaging and killing the nerve cells by glutamate and similar substances. Because of this, several treatments and adolescent alcohol treatment have been formed to address alcoholism.

Treatments

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